Battleship Potemkin
If one were to assemble a collection of the greatest films of all time, with the stipulation that the collection be limited to only ten films,
Potemkin would most certainly head the list. Consistently voted one of the best films of all time by various film polls, there is simply no other film, except for
Citizen Kane, which has had as profound an impact on the development of the cinema. Since Einsenstein's original version was censored in many countries, and altered by Soviet officials in 1951 by removing scenes thought to be too violent, it would be a sacriledge to show a censored version. Our version was restored in 1976 by Mosfilm Studios adding back the original footage. A magnificent score composed by Dmitri Shostakovich was also added, making this the essential version | Directed by Sergei Eisenstein | Starring Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Ivan Bobrov | B & W | 1924 | 74 min.
