from Goskino
Directed by
Sergei
M. Eisenstein
Grigori Aleksandrov
Starring
I. Bobrov (Salior)
Beatrice Vitoldi (Woman With Baby Carriage)
N. Poltavseva (Woman With Pince-nez)
Julia Eisenstein (Odessa Citizen)
Grigori Aleksandrov (Chief Officer Giliarovsky)
Aleksandr Antonov (Vakulinchuk)
Vladimir Barsky (The Captain)
Sergei M. Eisenstein (Ship Chaplain)
Mikhail Gomorov (Sailor)
Aleksandr Levshin (Petty Officer)
Written by
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Nina Agadzhanova Shutko |
 One
of the landmarks of Soviet silent cinema -- and of film in general.
Sergei Eisenstein's innovative editing techniques in this masterpiece
have influenced directors from mainstream Hollywood to the avant-garde.
The film recreates and celebrates an uprising that occurred in
Odessa in 1905, during the first stages of the Russian Revolution.
Sailors, enraged at their poor treatment -- one of the most memorable
sequences shows the maggot-ridden meat meant for their dinner
-- mutiny and sail to Odessa. The revolutionary fervor spreads,
and Cossacks loyal to the Czar violently attempt to squelch the
explosion. But the people will win out... Special scene: the
Odessa Steps sequence, a masterfully edited, emotionally powerful
episode. For those who have seen de Palma's "The Untouchables",
this is the direct inspiration for the scene in Grand Central
Station.
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