Sergei Eisenstein

AKA: Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. Eisenstein, S.M. Eisenstein
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1898-01-23

Riga, Russian Empire

Biography

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.

Crew Roles

Battleship Potemkin
Director
Battleship Potemkin
Editor
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Director
Alexander Nevsky
Director
Alexander Nevsky
Editor
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Director
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Director
¡Qué Viva México!
Screenplay
¡Qué Viva México!
Director
Strike
Director
Strike
Screenplay
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Director
Glumov's Diary
Director
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Writer
Sentimental Romance
Director
The General Line
Director
The General Line
Scenario Writer
The Storming of La Sarraz
Director
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director
Time in the Sun
Director
Alexander Nevsky
Writer
Battleship Potemkin
Writer
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Writer
Death Day
Director
Thunder Over Mexico
Director
Seeds of Freedom
Director
Seeds of Freedom
Writer
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Supervisor of Production Resources
Time in the Sun
Idea
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Editor
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Producer
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Editor
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Art Direction
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Producer
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Production Design
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Writer
The Storming of La Sarraz
Screenplay
Sentimental Romance
Screenplay
Sentimental Romance
Editor
Strike
Editor
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Director
Hurray Mexico!
Director
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Director
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer
The Magic Seed
Producer
Glumov's Diary
Writer
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {20}

(archive footage)

1940-07-01 9

Our Cinema

Genre :Documentary

Sergei Eisenstein

1923-05-21 5

Glumov's Diary

Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa dovolno prostoty"). The anti-hero Glumov tries to escap ...
Genre :Fantasy, Comedy

Commander of the Army of Independents

1929-01-01 0

The Storming of La Sarraz

A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema. ...
Genre :War, Comedy

Archive footage

1974-01-24 0

TsOKS in Alma-Ata

In August 1941, two largest Soviet film studios Mosfilm and Lenfilm were evacuated to Alma-Ata, Kazakhstan. There, together with the newly founded Alma-Ata Film Studio, they were merged into TsOKS (Ce ...
Genre :Documentary

1941-01-01 0

An Appeal to the Jews of the World

In 1941, a group of the Soviet Union's most prominent Jewish writers and artists, including Solomon Mikhoels, Peretz Markish, and Sergei Eisenstein, signed an appeal to Jews throughout the world, aski ...
Genre :Documentary

1998-02-22 0

The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein

Eisenstein is celebrated either as the last Leonardo da Vinci of modernity or attacked as Faustus, Faustus who made a pact with the devil. Whichever is the case, neither friends nor foes are able to r ...
Genre :Documentary

Himself

1998-02-12 6.8

Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy

Eisenstein shot 50 hours of footage on location in Mexico in 1931 and 32 for what would have become ¡Que viva México!, but was not able to finish the film. Following two wildly different reconstructi ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (uncredited)

1931-06-09 4.8

We're switching to Hollywood

A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak to several actors, primarily Buster Keaton, John G ...
Genre :Comedy

Odessa Citizen

1925-12-24 7.611

Battleship Potemkin

A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of ...
Genre :Drama, History, War

2017-01-27 4.7

Sergei/Sir Gay

As a teenager, Sergei Eisenstein signed his drawings with "Sir Gay". Mark Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences throughout the Russian’s film oeuvre. Numerous asides illustrate how Holl ...
Genre :Documentary

1993-09-15 6

Island of the Dead

The Island of the Dead is a film about the demise of the Russian Epocha Modern. The symbol of this culture was the legendary Russian film star Vera Kholodnaya, who evoked a poetic image of the young u ...
Genre :Drama

Policeman

1929-04-30 6.8

Every Day

Experimental documentary focusing on a day in the life of city workers, featuring montage sequences and repetition to emphasise the monotony of routine office work. ...
Genre :

Self (archive footage)

1958-01-01 0

Sergei Eisenstein

Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein. ...
Genre :Documentary

1996-01-01 8.5

Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" that attracted Sergei Eisenstein after getting acquainted with the experiments of James Joyce. The oute ...
Genre :Documentary

2000-02-15 0

The Worlds of Mei Lanfang

The true story of Mei Lanfang, China's greatest opera star; a husband and father whose world-wide fame came from the portrayal of women. His fascinating life was the basis for the feature film Farewel ...
Genre :Documentary

1984-01-01 0

Eisenstein en México

Inspired by the social changes that the Revolution brought to our country and the admiration he felt for Mexican art, the Russian filmmaker Sergei M. Eisenstein traveled to Mexico with the intention o ...
Genre :History

Self

1933-10-13 3

Eisenstein in Mexico

The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979). ...
Genre :Documentary

С.Эйзенштейн

1941-08-24 0

To the Jews of the Whole World!

On August 24, 1941, a meeting of “representatives of the Jewish people” was convened. ...
Genre :Documentary

Self (archive footage)

1998-11-15 0

Eisenstein: The Master's House

A documentary biography of Russia's greatest filmmaker. ...
Genre :Documentary

2023-05-28 1.5

The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein

What could have happened – what should have happened – if two giants in film history, like Greta Garbo and Sergei Michajlovič Eisenstein, could have declared their love for each other? The world's mos ...
Genre :Documentary