Sergei Eisenstein
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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 23, 1898
Deathday: February 11, 1948
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Our Cinema
1940-07-01
Our Cinema
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1940-07-01
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Glumov's Diary
1923-05-21
Glumov's Diary
Overview: 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 escape exposure in the midst of acrobatics, derring-do, and farcical clowning. Several members of Eisenstein's troupe at the legendary "Proletkult" stage theatre in Moscow briefly appear in this little film.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1923-05-21
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The Storming of La Sarraz
1929-01-01
The Storming of La Sarraz
Overview: A farcical war between the forces of Commercial Cinema and Independent Cinema.
Genres: War Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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TsOKS in Alma-Ata
1974-01-24
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
Overview: 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 (Central United Film Studio), which became the main center of film production in the country until 1944. Now Kazakh film industry veterans who worked at the studio during these years recall the dawn of national cinema and years of work with Eisenstein, Pudovkin, Romm and others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1974-01-24
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An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941-01-01
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
Overview: 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, asking them to join the Soviet people in fighting against fascism.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1941-01-01
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The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998-02-22
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
Overview: 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 resist the powerful draw of Eisenstein's work. He was a person of complexity who was understood in very different ways, as a generous cosmopolitan and a stingy hermit, a cynic and yet a highly sensitive, vulnerable being. The film deals with a number of phases in Eisenstein's life, and tries to get away from the orthodox image of him by using new material to shed a different light on his biography.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-02-22
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998-02-12
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Overview: 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 reconstruction attempts in 1939 (Marie Seton's 'Time in the Sun') and 1979 (Grigori Alexandrov's '¡Que viva México!') Kovalov has here compiled another hypothetical version of what Eisenstein's film might have been.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1998-02-12
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We're switching to Hollywood
1931-06-09
We're switching to Hollywood
Overview: 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 Gilbert, Joan Crawford and Heinrich George. Then they meet Adolphe Menjou, who rehearses a long scene in German. A final scene shows stars arriving at a film premiere, including Jean Harlow, Norma Shearer and Wallace Beery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1931-06-09
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Battleship Potemkin
1925-12-24
Battleship Potemkin
Overview: 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 cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1925-12-24
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Sergei/Sir Gay
2017-01-27
Sergei/Sir Gay
Overview: 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 Hollywood productions likewise frequently played with nods and winks and typical motifs from gay culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-27
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Island of the Dead
1993-09-15
Island of the Dead
Overview: 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 urban woman on the silver screen. Her death in 1919, shrouded in tragedy and mystery, put a symbolic end to the pre-Revolutionary period. The Island of the Dead is composed of fragments from numerous films from this period, juxtaposed with other contemporary artistic expressions such as music and painting. Kovalov shows convincingly how the fragile beauty of the Russian Epocha Modern had to make way for the pressure of Futurism, Constructivism and other 'progressive trends', and how these '-isms' were then also relegated to the melting pot to be remoulded by totalitarian norms.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1993-09-15
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Every Day
1929-04-30
Every Day
Overview: 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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-30
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Sergei Eisenstein
1958-01-01
Sergei Eisenstein
Overview: Documentary made for the 60th anniversary of Soviet director Sergei Eisenstein.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996-01-01
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
Overview: 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 outer outline of the film is a long foreign trip of the director, which began in 1929, during which he recalls his past life and considers creative ideas. The film is constructed as a free alternation of reality, dreams, and fantasies. The material for it is fragments from the films of Sergei Eisenstein and his fellow contemporaries, documentary footage depicting the director and his time. The wide coverage of the faces and events reflected in the film shows the special role of Sergei Eisenstein in the culture of the twentieth century…
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000-02-15
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
Overview: 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 Farewell My Concubine.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-15
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Eisenstein en México
1984-01-01
Eisenstein en México
Overview: 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 of filming a film mosaic that culminated in the most beautiful non-existent film. The details of this odyssey are exposed in this episode of the classic television series Those Who Made Our Cinema.
Genres: History
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Eisenstein in Mexico
1933-10-13
Eisenstein in Mexico
Overview: The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-13
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To the Jews of the whole world!
1941-08-24
To the Jews of the whole world!
Overview: On August 24, 1941, a meeting of “representatives of the Jewish people” was convened.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1941-08-24
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