Sergei M. Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein

Sergei Eisenstein — Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight and Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 54th-greatest film of all time.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 2 films (1923–1941) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1941 Zapotec village Sergei M. Eisenstein William F. Kruse Egon Mauthner 20min 16mm B&W Sound
1923 Dnevnik Glumova ▶ Mikhail Gomorov; Sergei M. Eisenstein; Grigoriy Aleksandrov; Aleksandr Antonov 5:39 B&W silent