Sergei M. Eisenstein



First NameSergei
Middle NameM.
Last NameEisenstein
Age50 (age at death)
Date of BirthJanuary 23, 1898
BirthplaceRiga, Russian Empire (now Latvia)
Date of DeathFebruary 11, 1948
Location of DeathMoscow, Soviet Union
Cause of DeathHeart Attack
Height5' 7" (170 cm)
Star SignAquarius
NationalityRussian
Occupation CategoryDirector
Claim to FameBattleship Potemkin (1925)

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (Russian: ; January 23, 1898 – February 11, 1948) 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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Filmography

Selected Sergei M. Eisenstein film and TV show credits:


Director Credits

1988
Ivan Groznyy III
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1958
Eisenstein's Mexican Project
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1943
Seeds of Freedom
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1941
Conquering Cross
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1941
Idol of Hope
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1941
Land and Freedom
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1941
Mexican Symphony
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1941
Mexico Marches
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1941
Spaniard and Indian
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1941
Zapotecan Village
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1940
Time in the Sun
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1939
The Fergana Canal
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1937
Bezhin lug
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1934
Death Day
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1933
Thunder Over Mexico
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1933
Eisenstein in Mexico
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1931
La destrucción de Oaxaca
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1930
Sentimental Romance
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1929
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1929
The Storming of La Sarraz
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1925
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1923
Dnevnik Glumova
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Editor Credits

1930
Sentimental Romance
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1930
Women's Misery - Women's Happiness
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Writer Credits

1998
Sergei Eisenstein. Meksikanskaya fantasiya
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1943
Seeds of Freedom
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1940
Time in the Sun
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1937
Bezhin lug
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1933
Thunder Over Mexico
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1931
La destrucción de Oaxaca
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1930
Sentimental Romance
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1929
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1929
The Storming of La Sarraz
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1925
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Films directed by Sergei Eisenstein
Bezhin lug (1937)
Old and New (1929)
Sergei M. Eisenstein
Strike (1925)
Cinema of the Soviet Union (1917–1991)
Anna Karenina (1967)
Belinskiy (1953)
Bezhin lug (1937)
Boris Godunov (1954)
Boris Godunov (1986)
Bratishka (1927)
Chess Fever (1925)
Dead Souls (1984)
Deserter (1933)
Don Kikhot (1957)