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elleng

(141,926 posts) Sun Jan 31, 2021, 03:41 PM Jan 2021

*for historians, 12:00 am The Battleship Potemkin (1925)

12:00 am The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
1h 10m | Silent, Epic | TV-G
A Russian mutiny triggers revolutionary sentiments around the nation.
Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein. Cast: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Mikhail Gomorov

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*for historians, 12:00 am The Battleship Potemkin (1925) (Original Post) elleng Jan 2021 OP

Not just for history buffs cyclonefence Jan 2021 #1

Right, meant to feature Eisenstein. elleng Jan 2021 #2

cyclonefence

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1. Not just for history buffs

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Sun Jan 31, 2021, 05:30 PM

Jan 2021

The Odessa Steps scene (baby carriage--you'll know it when you see it) iconic. Eisenstein was a genius--watch for any movies he made. Alexander Nevski my utter favorite ("throw the baby onto the fire!"--those wicked Teutonic Knights! and all to music by Prokoviev!).

elleng

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2. Right, meant to feature Eisenstein.

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Sun Jan 31, 2021, 05:41 PM

Jan 2021

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