Few films have made an impact on the history of cinema like Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) and TPH are putting together a very special event to commemorate its 100th anniversary. Our in-house band for silent movies, The Sounds Of Silent will do the score and film studies tutor (and TPH regular) Teresa Pitt will introduce this classic movie.

When they are fed rancid meat, the sailors on the Potemkin revolt against their harsh conditions. Led by Vakulinchuk (Aleksandr Antonov), the sailors kill the officers of the ship to gain their freedom. Vakulinchuk is also killed, and the people of Odessa honor him as a symbol of revolution. Tsarist soldiers arrive and massacre the civilians to quell the uprising. A squadron of ships is sent to overthrow the Potemkin, but the ships side with the revolt and refuse to attack.

Rating

PG

Duration

75 MINS