Sergei Eisenstein

Date of birth: January 23rd 1898 (127 years)

Place of birth: Riga, Russian Empire

Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein was a pioneering Soviet Russian film director and film theorist, often considered to be the "Father of Montage." He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1927), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsk... Read more

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