Sergei Eisenstein
Director
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.
As Director
Strike
1925
Alexander Nevsky
1938
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
1944
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
1928
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
1958
¡Qué Viva México!
1979
The General Line
1929
Glumov's Diary
1923
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
1968
Sentimental Romance
1931
The Disaster in Oaxaca
1931Filmography
Battleship Potemkin
as Odessa Citizen 1925
Glumov's Diary
as Sergei Eisenstein 1923
Every Day
as Policeman 1929
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
as Himself 1998
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self (uncredited) 1931
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017
Island of the Dead
1993
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
Eisenstein in Mexico
as Self 1933
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023
Our Cinema
as (archive footage) 1940
The Storming of La Sarraz
as Commander of the Army of Independents 1929
TsOKS in Alma-Ata
as Archive footage 1974
An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998
Sergei Eisenstein
as Self (archive footage) 1958
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000