Director: Sergei Eisenstein
Date: Produced in 1925 under Soviet control- banned in the UK until 1954
- 75 minuets long
- Tribute to the early Russian revolutionaries
- Sergei Eisenstein’s second full-length film
- Widely regarded as a masterpiece of international cinema
- Eisenstein’s early career was marked by a focus on decisive crowd sequences and by the use of untrained non-actors
- Propoganda
Similarities to Strike:
- The film is separated into 5 acts (whereas Strike is in 6 acts)
- Uses Intertitles- text narration to show whats happening, character emotions and dialogue
- Uses Soviet montage editing
- Experimental style of film
- Non-Diegetic sound- background music
- Sound effects
- Themes of rebellion and revolution
- Explores the living standards and treatment of the working class
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