Sergei Eisenstein Movies

  • 1925
    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    7.61925HD

    A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The...

    Battleship Potemkin
  • 1938
    Alexander Nevsky

    Alexander Nevsky

    Alexander Nevsky

    71938HD

    When German knights invade Russia, Prince Alexander Nevsky must rally his people to resist the formidable force. After the Teutonic soldiers take...

    Alexander Nevsky
  • 1958
    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot

    7.31958HD

    This is the second part of a projected three-part epic biopic of Russian Czar Ivan Grozny, undertaken by Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein at the...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
  • 1925
    Strike

    Strike

    Strike

    7.31925HD

    Workers in a factory in pre-revolutionary Russia go on strike and are met by violent suppression.

    Strike
  • 1944
    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I

    7.31944HD

    Set during the early part of his reign, Ivan faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian...

    Ivan the Terrible, Part I
  • 1928
    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)

    6.81928HD

    Sergei M. Eisenstein's docu-drama about the 1917 October Revolution in Russia. Made ten years after the events and edited in Eisenstein's 'Soviet...

    October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
  • 1929
    The General Line

    The General Line

    The General Line

    6.51929HD

    Also known as The Old and the New (Staroye i Novoye), The General Line illustrates Lenin’s stated imperative that the nation move from agrarian...

    The General Line
  • 1979
    Que Viva Mexico!

    Que Viva Mexico!

    Que Viva Mexico!

    6.81979HD

    Eisenstein shows us Mexico in this movie, its history and its culture. He believes, that Mexico can become a modern state.

    Que Viva Mexico!
  • 1930
    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    Misery and Fortune of Woman

    6.51930HD

    This film shows contrasting views of women with problematic pregnancies and the outcomes resulting when they seek out a back-alley abortionist, a...

    Misery and Fortune of Woman
  • 1968
    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film

    5.91968HD

    Bezhin Lug (Bezhin Meadow) was to be a Soviet film about a young farm boy whose father attempts to betray the government for political reasons by...

    Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
  • 1940
    Our Cinema

    Our Cinema

    Our Cinema

    91940HD

    Our Cinema
  • 1931
    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    We're switching to Hollywood

    4.81931HD

    A German reporter visits Hollywood and is escorted through the MGM Studio by a German nobleman, who is working there as an extra. They meet and speak...

    We're switching to Hollywood
  • 1932
    Hurray Mexico!

    Hurray Mexico!

    Hurray Mexico!

    6.81932HD

    Unedited film that Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov and Eduard Tisse shot in Mexico 1931-32. This record only represents the 200,000-plus feet...

    Hurray Mexico!
  • 1923
    Glumov's Diary

    Glumov's Diary

    Glumov's Diary

    51923HD

    Filmic insert to Eisenstein's modernized, free adaptation of Ostrovskiy's 19th-century Russian stage play, "The Wise Man" ("Na vsyakogo mudretsa...

    Glumov's Diary
  • 1996
    Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

    Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

    Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography

    8.51996HD

    A free film adaptation of the director's memoirs. In form, this is the "stream of consciousness" that attracted Sergei Eisenstein after getting...

    Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
  • 1933
    Thunder Over Mexico

    Thunder Over Mexico

    Thunder Over Mexico

    51933HD

    As was common in Diaz's Mexico, a young hacienda worker finds his betrothed imprisoned and his life threatened by his master for confronting a...

    Thunder Over Mexico
  • 1933
    Eisenstein in Mexico

    Eisenstein in Mexico

    Eisenstein in Mexico

    31933HD

    The story of Russian director Sergei M. Eisenstein in Mexico trying to film his unfinished ¡Que Viva Mexico! - Da zdravstvuyet Meksika! (1979).

    Eisenstein in Mexico
  • 1993
    Island of the Dead

    Island of the Dead

    Island of the Dead

    61993HD

    The Island of the Dead is a film about the demise of the Russian Epocha Modern. The symbol of this culture was the legendary Russian film star Vera...

    Island of the Dead
  • 1931
    The Disaster in Oaxaca

    The Disaster in Oaxaca

    The Disaster in Oaxaca

    61931HD

    Footage of the aftermath of the January 14 1931 earthquake in Oaxaca, Mexico.

    The Disaster in Oaxaca
  • 1940
    Time in the Sun

    Time in the Sun

    Time in the Sun

    5.51940HD

    Second attempt to create a feature film out of the 200,000-plus feet of film which Soviet film-maker Sergei Eisenstein shot during 1931-32 in Mexico...

    Time in the Sun