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Programme 03 · The Silent Room
Battleship Potemkin
Directed by Sergei Eisenstein
A mutiny on a battleship and a massacre on the Odessa Steps. Eisenstein edits the world into a argument, one collision at a time.
Screening note
The Odessa Steps sequence is the most quoted montage in film history. Watch it once for the story, again for the rhythm.
DramaHistory
“An argument cut into motion.”
Public-domain cinema. This prototype does not host or stream the film. A production build would resolve playback through a licensed, region-aware provider.
Still in the programme