Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker and theorist (1898–1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein[lower-alpha 1] (22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 – 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, film editor and film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage.[1] He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). In its 2012 decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th-greatest film of all time.[2]
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Sergei Eisenstein | |
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Сергей Эйзенштейн | |
Born | Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein 22 January [O.S. 10 January] 1898 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire (now Latvia) |
Died | 11 February 1948(1948-02-11) (aged 50) |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
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Years active | 1923–1946 |
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Pera Atasheva (m. 1934) |
Awards | Stalin prize (1941, 1946) |
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