When Battleship Potemkin first opened, the film began with an on-screen quote from Trotsky: “The spirit of mutiny swept the land. A tremendous, mysterious process was taking place in countless hearts: ...
The French are beneath the truth. THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1905) will not be shown to the French public. Yet all those who attended the private screening at the Ciné-Club thought it was the most ...
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 ...