Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Броненосец «Потёмкин», tr. Bronenosets Potyomkin), sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent drama film produced by Mosfilm. Directed and co-written by Sergei Eisenstein, it presents a dramatization of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against its officers.

In 1958, the film was voted on Brussels 12 list at the 1958 World Expo. Battleship Potemkin is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. In the most recent Sight and Sound critics’ poll in 2022, it was voted the fifty-fourth-greatest film of all time, and it had been placed in the top 10 in many previous editions.

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Funny guy, ole Sergei. Met him at playing rats and mice at casino in Mexico City in the 30s. Had a haircut only a mother could love. He was a bit of a rube - had gotten all gowed-up at the Rivera house partying with the greasers and was workin’ on the giggle juice by the time he ran into me, but his game was silk, and he won enough to keep makin’ his “moving frescoes” for another month before Stalin dragged his ass back to Russia. Ended up drinking out of the same bottle, and he showed me a few of his flicks - the man had a rare talent, creating the concept of montage in film.