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.
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Movies (42)
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017
Cinema of the avant-garde 1923 - 1930
Director (Directing)
2010
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
Eisenstein: The Master's House
as Self (archive footage)
1998
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
as Himself
1998
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
Island of the Dead
1993
Eisenstein en México
1984
¡Qué Viva México!
Director (Directing)
1979
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
as Archive footage
1974
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director (Directing)
1968
The Magic Beam
as Self (archive footage)
1963
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer (Writing)
1958
Sergei Eisenstein
as Self (archive footage)
1958
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Director (Directing)
1955
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer (Writing)
1944
Seeds of Freedom
Writer (Writing)
1943
The Magic Seed
Producer (Production)
1942
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer (Production)
1941
To the Jews of the Whole World!
as С.Эйзенштейн
1941
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941
Time in the Sun
Director (Directing)
1940
Our Cinema
as (archive footage)
1940
Alexander Nevsky
Director (Directing)
1938
Death Day
Director (Directing)
1934
Eisenstein in Mexico
as Self
1933
Thunder Over Mexico
Director (Directing)
1933
Hurray Mexico!
Director (Directing)
1932
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited)
1931
Sentimental Romance
Director (Directing)
1931
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director (Directing)
1931
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Supervisor of Production Resources (Crew)
1930
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Director (Directing)
1930
The General Line
Director (Directing)
1929
Every Day
as Policeman
1929
The Storming of La Sarraz
as Commander of the Army of Independents
1929
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay (Writing)
1928
Battleship Potemkin
as Odessa Citizen
1925
Strike
Director (Directing)
1925
Glumov's Diary
as Sergei Eisenstein
1923