
Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.... (Full plot summary below)
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Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.
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| Senses of CinemaHelen GraceIt is still a pleasure to view again a film which, without fully knowing it, wrote the grammar of cinema. |
| BBCNick HilditchIf you are at all interested in the history of cinema, or the influence of 20th century politics on the medium, then this film is a must-see, although over an hour of Soviet propaganda is likely to test the patience of modern viewers. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertOne of the fundamental landmarks of cinema. |
| GuardianRobert HerringThe thing that matters is that Soviet [cinema], while being propagandist, contains a use of all the different branches of film-making which is recognised and practised in no other country. |
| Empire MagazineDavid ParkinsonIf you only ever see one silent film, this is the one it should be. A masterpiece. |
| London Evening StandardDerek MalcolmWho needs Avatar in 3D when you can have this? |
| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirA work of straightforward emotion and pulse-quickening tension. |
| Slant MagazineJesse CataldoA persistently political work salvaged by its unforgettable grasp of motion. |
| Turner Classic Movies OnlineSean AxmakerBattleship Potemkin is agitprop, but cinematically magnificent agitprop... |
| Time OutGeoff AndrewEdward Tissé's camerawork remains impressive, and there's no doubt that the whole is a technical tour de force, but the obsession with forces of power, as opposed to individual experience, is ultimately oppressive. |