Directing
Sergei Eisenstein
Born January 23, 1898 Riga, Russian Empire
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.
Directed Films
7.0
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998·Documentary
6.7
¡Qué Viva México!
1979·Documentary
6.0
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968·Drama
7.3
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958·History
8.5
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
1955·Documentary
7.3
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944·Drama
6.0
Time in the Sun
1940·Documentary
7.0
Alexander Nevsky
1938·Drama
6.0
Death Day
1934·Documentary
5.3
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933·Documentary
6.7
Thunder Over Mexico
1933·Drama
7.1
Hurray Mexico!
1932·Documentary
6.7
Sentimental Romance
1931·Romance
6.2
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931·Documentary
6.4
The General Line
1929·Drama
6.9
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928·Drama
7.6
Battleship Potemkin
1925·Drama
7.4
Strike
1925·Drama
5.1
Glumov's Diary
1923·Fantasy
Also Appeared In
1.5
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023·Documentary
4.7
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017·Documentary
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The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000·Documentary
10.0
Eisenstein: The Master's House
1998·Documentary
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The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998·Documentary
7.0
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998·Documentary
8.7
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996·Documentary
10.0
Eisenstein en México
1984·History
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Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
1978·Documentary
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Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
1978·Documentary
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The Magic Beam
1963·Documentary
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Sergei Eisenstein
1958·Documentary