The film’s potential to influence political thought through emotional response was noted by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, who called Potemkin “. In both the Soviet Union and overseas, the film shocked audiences, but not so much for its political statements as for its use of violence, which was considered graphic by the standards of the time. was disappointed when Potemkin failed to attract masses of viewers”, but the film was also released in a number of international venues, where audiences responded positively. In the manner of most propaganda, the characterization is simple, so that the audience could clearly see with whom they should sympathize.Įisenstein’s experiment was a mixed success he “. The revolutionary Soviet filmmakers of the Kuleshov school of filmmaking were experimenting with the effect of film editing on audiences, and Eisenstein attempted to edit the film in such a way as to produce the greatest emotional response, so that the viewer would feel sympathy for the rebellious sailors of the Battleship Potemkin and hatred for their overlords. “One against all”, in which the squadron tasked with intercepting the Potemkin instead declines to engage lowering their guns, its sailors cheer on the rebellious battleship and join the mutiny.Įisenstein wrote the film as revolutionary propaganda, but also used it to test his theories of montage.“The Odessa Steps”, in which imperial soldiers massacre the Odessans.“A Dead Man Calls for Justice”, in which Vakulinchuk’s body is mourned by the people of Odessa.“Drama on the Deck”, in which the sailors mutiny and their leader Vakulinchuk is killed.“Men and Maggots”, in which the sailors protest having to eat rotten meat.In 2012, the British Film Institute named it the eleventh-greatest film of all time. It presents a dramatised version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against its officers.īattleship Potemkin was named the greatest film of all time at the Brussels World’s Fair in 1958. Battleship Potemkin sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm.
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