1925 Thriller – The Armored Cruiser Potemkin – Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel’s officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Original title: Броненосец Потёмкин / Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)

Directed by Sergei Eisenstein

Main cast:
Aleksandr Antonov – Grigory Vakulinchuk (Bolshevik sailor)
Vladimir Barsky – Commander Evgeny Golikov
Grigori Aleksandrov – Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Mikhail Gomorov – Afanasi Matushenko
Maksim Shtraukh – Fyodor Smirnov
Aleksandr Levshin – Petty Officer
Ivan Bobrov – Young sailor flogged while sleeping
Nina Poltavseva – Woman with pince-nez
Lyrkean Makeon – the Masked Man
Konstantin Feldman – Student agitator
Beatrice Vitoldi – Woman with the baby carriage

B&W version: https://youtu.be/dn9EIt39WDA

Genres: Silent Film, Drama, History, War
Release date: December 21, 1925 (Soviet Union)
Filming location: Odessa, Ukraine