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.
Directed
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Battleship Potemkin (1925) — Director
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Strike (1925) — Director
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Alexander Nevsky (1938) — Director
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Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944) — Director
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October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928) — Director
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Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958) — Director
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¡Qué Viva México! (1979) — Director
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The General Line (1929) — Director
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Glumov's Diary (1923) — Director
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Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film (1968) — Director
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Sentimental Romance (1931) — Director
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The Disaster in Oaxaca (1931) — Director
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Hurray Mexico! (1932) — Director
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Death Day (1934) — Director
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy (1998) — Director
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Time in the Sun (1940) — Director
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Thunder Over Mexico (1933) — Director
- Seeds of Freedom (1943) — Director
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Eisenstein in Mexico (1933) — Director
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Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study (1955) — Director
- Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe (1930) — Director
Also appeared in
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Battleship Potemkin (1925) — Odessa Citizen
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Glumov's Diary (1923) — Sergei Eisenstein
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Every Day (1929) — Policeman
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Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy (1998) — Himself
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We’re Switching to Hollywood (1931) — Self (uncredited)
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Sergei/Sir Gay (2017)
- Island of the Dead (1993)
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Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)
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Eisenstein in Mexico (1933) — Self
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The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein (2023)
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Our Cinema (1940) — (archive footage)
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang (2000)
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Eisenstein en México (1984)
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Eisenstein: The Master's House (1998) — Self (archive footage)
- Zapotec Village
- Mexico Marches
- The Conquering Cross
- Idol of Hope
- TsOKS in Alma-Ata (1974) — Archive footage
- An Appeal to the Jews of the World (1941)
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The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein (1998)
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Sergei Eisenstein (1958) — Self (archive footage)
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To the Jews of the Whole World! (1941) — С.Эйзенштейн
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The Magic Beam (1963) — Self (archive footage)
- Land and Freedom
- Spaniard and Indian
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Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword (1978)
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Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum (1978)