Naum Kleiman, Curator of the Eisenstein Museum in Moscow, introduces the director's most famous film. Battleship Potemkin starring
A. Antonov
Grigori Alexandrov Battleship Potemkin is a milestone in world cinema and - despite the attempts of various governments to ban what was regarded as a subversive film - was his international breakthrough. Intolerable conditions on the Battleship Potemkin lead to unrest and mutiny, supported by the citizens of Odessa. The raising of the red flag - handpainted for the premiere in 1925 - is being shown in colour tonight for the first time on television.
SAILORS OF THE BLACK SEA
FLEET OF THE RED NAVY AND
CITIZENS OF ODESSA.
Meisel score orchestrated and conducted by ARTHUR KLEINER
Sound version produced by KCET Written and directed by SERGE M. EISENSTEIN
Film Club presentation by GILLIAN GEERING
(In colour and black and white)
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