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Milestones of the Film

on BBC Two England

A season of classic films which have influenced the development of World Cinema
SERGEI EISENSTEIN 'S
The Battleship Potemkin
starring A. Antonov as Vakulinchuk Grigori Alexandrov as Chief-Officer Giliarovski
Eisenstein's recreation of the sailors' mutiny at Odessa during the abortive 1905 Russian Revolution was voted the finest film ever made by the jury of experts at the 1958 Brussels Exhibition.
Tonight for the first time, it is being shown in this country complete with the score especially written by Edmund Meisel.
Meisel score orchestrated and conducted by ARTHUR KLEINER
This Week's Films: page 21

Contributors

Unknown:
Sergei Eisenstein
Unknown:
A. Antonov
Unknown:
Vakulinchuk Grigori Alexandrov
Unknown:
Chief-Officer Giliarovski
Written By:
Edmund Meisel.
Conducted By:
Arthur Kleiner
Captain Golikov:
Vladimir Baksky
Petty Officer:
A Levshin
Sailor:
Mikhail Gomarov

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