Cast & creator
Sergei Eisenstein
Best known for Battleship Potemkin, Battleship Potemkin, Battleship Potemkin
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein (23 January 1898 — 11 February 1948) was a pioneering Soviet film director and film theorist, often considered to be the 'Father of Montage'. 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.
Also known as: Sergei M. Eisenstein, S. M. Eisenstein, S. Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein, Sergei Eisenstein
82
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1923–2026 · acting roles
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Filmography (82)
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Battleship Potemkin
Odessa Citizen
1925Battleship Potemkin
Editor
1925Battleship Potemkin
Director
1925Battleship Potemkin
Writer
1925
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Writer
1944Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Director
1944Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Producer
1944Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Editor
1944Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Art Direction
1944
Alexander Nevsky
Director
1938Alexander Nevsky
Editor
1938Alexander Nevsky
Writer
1938
October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Screenplay
1928October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
Director
1928
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Writer
1958Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Director
1958Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Producer
1958Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Production Design
1958
Strike
Director
1925Strike
Screenplay
1925Strike
Editor
1925Seeds of Freedom
Director
1943Seeds of Freedom
Writer
1943
Das Kapital
Director
Das Kapital
Writer
Das Kapital
Editor
Misery and Fortune of Woman
Supervisor of Production Resources
1930Misery and Fortune of Woman
Editor
1930Island of the Dead
1993
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self (uncredited)
1931
¡Qué Viva México!
Screenplay
1979¡Qué Viva México!
Director
1979
The Worlds of Mei Lanfang
2000
The Disaster in Oaxaca
Director
1931The Disaster in Oaxaca
Writer
1931
The General Line
Director
1929The General Line
Writer
1929
Every Day
Policeman
1929
The Marriage of Greta Garbo and Sergei Eiseinstein
2023
Time in the Sun
Director
1940Time in the Sun
Idea
1940
Death Day
Director
1934
Sergei Eisenstein. Foreword
1978
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Director
1968Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Writer
1968
Sergei/Sir Gay
2017
Sentimental Romance
Director
1931Sentimental Romance
Editor
1931Sentimental Romance
Screenplay
1931
Sergei Eisenstein. Post Scriptum
1978
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Himself
1998Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Director
1998Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Writer
1998
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography
1996
Swineherd and Shepherd
Producer
1941
The Magic Seed
Producer
1942
Glumov's Diary
Sergei Eisenstein
1923Glumov's Diary
Director
1923Glumov's Diary
Writer
1923
Sergei Eisenstein
Self (archive footage)
1958
Our Cinema
(archive footage)
1940
Hurray Mexico!
Director
1932
The Magic Beam
Self (archive footage)
1963
Thunder Over Mexico
Director
1933
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Director
1955
Eisenstein in Mexico
Self
1933Eisenstein in Mexico
Director
1933TsOKS in Alma-Ata
Archive footage
1974
Eisenstein en México
1984
The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein
1998
Eisenstein: The Master's House
Self (archive footage)
1998
To the Jews of the Whole World!
С.Эйзенштейн
1941Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Director
1930An Appeal to the Jews of the World
1941Zapotec Village
Land and Freedom
Mexico Marches
Spaniard and Indian
Idol of Hope
The Conquering Cross
Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner
Director
2026Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner
Writer
2026