Movie: "Bronenosets Potyomkin"
| Release Date: | Dec 1925 |
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| Genres: | War / History / Drama |
| Runtime: | 70 min. |
| Cast: | Aleksandr Antonov (Grigory Vakulinchuk - Bolshevik Sailor), Vladimir Barsky (Commander Golikov), Grigori Aleksandrov (Chief Officer Giliarovsky) Ivan Bobrov (Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping...) Mikhail Gomorov (Militant Sailor) Aleksandr Levshin (Petty Officer) N. Poltavtseva (Woman With Pince-nez) Konstantin Feldman (Student Agitator) Prokopenko (Mother Carrying Wounded Boy) A. Glauberman (Wounded Boy) Beatrice Vitoldi (Woman With Baby Carriage) Brodsky (Student) Julia Eisenstein (Woman with Food for Sailors) Sergei M. Eisenstein (Odessa Citizen) Andrei Fajt (Recruit (as A. Fait)) Korobei (Legless Veteran) Marusov (Officer) Protopopov (Old Man) Repnikova (Woman on the Steps) Vladimir Uralsky () Zerenin (Student) Aleksanteri Ahola-Valo (Extra (uncredited)) |
Storyline: The movie revolves around an uprising on board the Battleship Potemkin (Bronenoset Potemkin) in 1905. Conditions on the ship are unbearable, which in turn incites revolutionary fervor among the sailors, most notably within the character of Vakulinchik. After the ship's doctor declares rancid meat safe to eat, the sailors buy provisions at the canteen in a show of protest. The Admiral then orders all those who ate the borsch made with the meat to step under the cannons in a show of loyalty. Those who do not are covered under a tarp and ordered shot. Vakulinchik then implores his shipmates to rise up against those who oppress them, namely the officers of the ship. All the officers are killed and the ship is liberated. During the uprising, Vakulinchik dies. His body his placed on the docks in the Odessa harbor as a symbol of the revolution. The citizens of Odessa rally around his body and join the Potemkin in their revolt. Cossaks then come, in one of the most famous scenes of the film, and slaughter the helpless citizens on the steps leading to the harbor, effectively ending the revolt in Odessa. A fleet of battleships then comes to destroy the Potemkin...
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