As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
1998
6.8
Sergei Eisenstein
Acting
Birth date
January 23, 1898
Birth place
Riga, Russian Empire
Death date
February 11, 1948
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
8.5
As Director, As Writer
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
6.7
As Director, As Writer
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968
5.9
As Director, As Writer
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
7.3
As Director, As Writer
Alexander Nevsky
1938
7.0
As Actor, As Director
Eisenstein in Mexico
1933
3.0
As Director
Thunder Over Mexico
1933
5.0
As Director
The General Line
1929
6.3
As Director, As Writer
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
6.9
As Director, As Writer
Battleship Potemkin
1925
7.6
As Director, As Writer
Strike
1925
7.4
As Actor, As Director, As Writer
Glumov's Diary
1923
5.0