Sergei Eisenstein: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Marie Seton, Eisenstein (1952; Eng. trans. 1952); Jean Mitry, S.M. Eisenstein (1955), in French; Léon Moussinac, Serge Eisenstein (1964; Eng. trans. 1970); Yon Barna, Eisenstein (1973).

Major Works

Films.

Strike (1924); Potemkin (1925); October (Ten Days That Shook the World; 1928); Old and New (The General Line; 1929); Alexander Nevsky (1938); Ivan the Terrible, Part One (1944); Ivan the Terrible, Part Two (1958).

Collections of writings.

The Film Sense (1942); Film Form (1949); Notes of a Film Director (1958); Film Essays (1968).

Article Contributors

Primary Contributors

  • Jean Mitry
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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Feb 07, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 19, 2026
Add new Web site: Carleton College - Sergei Eisenstein Biography. Nov 25, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - Where to begin with Sergei Eisenstein. Oct 19, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - From Battleship Potemkin to Baker Street: sightseeing with Sergei Eisenstein. Sep 02, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 29, 2024
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Sergei Eisenstein. Sep 24, 2023
Add new Web site: PBS - Russian Archives Online - Sergei Eisenstein. Mar 25, 2021
Added Russian titles of films. Apr 10, 2020
Changed his birth date from "January 23" to "January 22." Jan 22, 2018
Expanded information on the saga of the production of Que viva mexico!, a never-completed film. Feb 08, 2016
Add new Web site: RT Russiapedia - Biography of Sergei Eisenstein. Jun 18, 2014
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Sergei Eisenstein. May 01, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sergei M. Eisenstein. May 01, 2013
Added photograph. Apr 25, 2011
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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