a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Classification number VCD 000473

a Title Bronenosets Potyomkin

c Statement of responsibility, etc Sergei M. Eisenstein

h Medium Video Cd

a Place of publication, distribution, etc SovietUnion

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 1925

a Summary, etc Based on the historical events the movie tells the story of a riot at the battleship Potemkin. What started as a protest strike when the crew was given rotten meat for dinner ended in a riot. The sailors raised the red flag and tried to ignite the revolution in their home port Odessa.

a Summary, etc The movie revolves around an uprising on board the Battleship Potemkin (Bronenoset Potemkin) in 1905. Conditions on the ship are unbearable, which in turn incites revolutionary fervor among the sailors, most notably within the character of Vakulinchik. After the ship's doctor declares rancid meat safe to eat, the sailors buy provisions at the canteen in a show of protest. The Admiral then orders all those who ate the borsch made with the meat to step under the cannons in a show of loyalty. Those who do not are covered under a tarp and ordered shot. Vakulinchik then implores his shipmates to rise up against those who oppress them, namely the officers of the ship. All the officers are killed and the ship is liberated. During the uprising, Vakulinchik dies. His body his placed on the docks in the Odessa harbor as a symbol of the revolution. The citizens of Odessa rally around his body and join the Potemkin in their revolt. Cossaks then come, in one of the most famous scenes of the film, and slaughter the helpless citizens on the steps leading to the harbor, effectively ending the revolt in Odessa. A fleet of battleships then comes to destroy the Potemkin...

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Drama

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element History

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element War

a Personal name Antonov, Aleksandr.

a Personal name Barsky, Vladimir.

a Personal name Aleksandrov, Grigori.

a Personal name Bobrov, Ivan.

a Personal name Gomorov, Mikhail.

a Personal name Levshin, Aleksandr.

a Personal name N Poltavseva

a Personal name Konstantin, Feldman.

a Personal name Prokopenko

a Personal name A Glauberman

a Personal name Vitoldi, Beatrice,

d Dates associated with a name 1895-1939

a Personal name Brodsky.

a Personal name Julia Eisenstein

a Personal name Sergei M Eisenstein

a Personal name Andrei, Fajt.

a Personal name Korobei

a Personal name Marusov

a Personal name Protopopov

a Personal name Repnikova

a Personal name Uralsky, Vladimir.

a Personal name Zerenin

a Uncontrolled related/analytical title Potemkin Zırhlısı

u Uniform Resource Identifier http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015648

u Cover Images http://library.neu.edu.tr/uploaded-files/coverimages/VCD 000473.jpg