FILM DIRECTOR

Sergei Eisenstein

1898 - 1948

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Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. Considered as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, he was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1945/1958). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sergei Eisenstein has received more than 3,241,703 page views. His biography is available in 117 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 112 in 2019). Sergei Eisenstein is the 13th most popular film director (down from 11th in 2019), the most popular biography from Latvia and the most popular Latvian Film Director.

Sergei Eisenstein is most famous for his work on the films Battleship Potemkin and October. He was a Russian filmmaker who made many films in the Soviet Union.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 13 out of 2,041. Before him are Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, Ridley Scott, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. After him are Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Leni Riefenstahl, Wim Wenders, Luchino Visconti, and François Truffaut.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 8. Before him are Bertolt Brecht, René Magritte, Alvar Aalto, Erich Maria Remarque, Federico García Lorca, and Enzo Ferrari. After him are Umm Kulthum, M. C. Escher, Zhou Enlai, William James Sidis, Stefania Turkewich, and Herbert Marcuse. Among people deceased in 1948, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 2. Before him is Mahatma Gandhi. After him are Mileva Marić, Osamu Dazai, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Hideki Tojo, Walther von Brauchitsch, Edgar de Wahl, Antonin Artaud, and Folke Bernadotte.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 1 out of 323. After him are Wilhelm Ostwald (1853), Mark Rothko (1903), Mikhail Tal (1936), Isaiah Berlin (1909), Mariss Jansons (1943), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Nicolai Hartmann (1882), Kārlis Ulmanis (1877), Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga (1937), Ernst Gideon von Laudon (1717), and Jacob Kettler (1610).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Latvia

Among film directors born in Latvia, Sergei Eisenstein ranks 1. After him are Eduard Tisse (1897), Rosa von Praunheim (1942), Fridrikh Ermler (1898), and Nikolai Ekk (1902).

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Filmography

Battleship Potemkin
Director
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
Dec 24th 19257.6 / 10
Strike
Director
Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.
Apr 28th 19257.3 / 10
Alexander Nevsky
Director
When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take over an eastern Russian city, Alexander stages his stand at Novgorod, where a major battle is fought on the ice of frozen Lake Chudskoe. While Alexander leads his outnumbered troops, two of their number, Vasili and Gavrilo, begin a contest of bravery to win the hand of a local maiden.
Nov 24th 19387.1 / 10