Sergei Eisenstein
Known for: Directing
Born: January 23, 1898
Died: February 11, 1948
Place of birth: Riga, Russian Empire
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage." He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). His work profoundly influenced early filmmakers owing to his innovative use of and writings about montage.
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Filmography
49 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
1.5
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023
5.5
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017
NR
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
10.0
Eisenstein: The Master's House
1998
NR
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998
7.0
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998
8.7
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
19966.7
Island of the Dead
1993
10.0
Eisenstein en México
1984
6.8
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
NR
Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
1978
NR
Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
1978NR
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
1974
6.0
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968
NR
The Magic Beam
1963
7.4
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958
NR
Sergei Eisenstein
1958
8.5
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
1955
7.3
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
19443.3
Seeds of Freedom
1943
5.8
The Magic Seed
1942
5.0
Swineherd and Shepherd
1941
NR
To the Jews of the Whole World!
1941NR
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941
6.0
Time in the Sun
1940
9.0
Our Cinema
1940
7.0
Alexander Nevsky
1938
6.0
Death Day
1934
5.3
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933
6.7
Thunder Over Mexico
1933
7.1
Hurray Mexico!
1932
5.2
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
6.7
Sentimental Romance
1931
6.2
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931
6.5
Misery and Fortune of Woman
1930NR
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
1930
6.4
The General Line
1929
6.9
Every Day
1929
6.9
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
7.6
Battleship Potemkin
1925
7.4
Strike
1925
5.1
Glumov's Diary
19239.0
Zapotec Village
—10.0
Mexico Marches
—NR
Land and Freedom
—NR
Spaniard and Indian
—7.0
The Conquering Cross
—8.0
Idol of Hope
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NR
Das Kapital
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