Battleship Potemkin

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin revolt against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

Cast

Aleksandr Antonov

as Grigory Vakulinchuk

Vladimir Barsky

as Commander Golikov

Grigori Aleksandrov

as Chief Officer Giliarovsky

Ivan Bobrov

as Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping

Mikhail Gomorov

as Militant Sailor

Aleksandr Levshin

as Petty Officer

Nina Poltavtseva

as Woman with Pince-nez

Konstantin Feldman

as Student Agitator

Prokhorenko

as Mother Carrying Wounded Boy

A. Glauberman

as Wounded Boy

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I'm not going to attempt to find loads of cinematic superlatives about this. It's just a great film that depicts the epitome of cruelty, indifference and kindred spirit at sea in spades. The crew of this powerful warship are treated little better than prisoners in a gulag. When the ship's doctor ins...

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