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Also Known As Sergey Mikhaylovich Eisenstein • Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein
Born January 22, 1898 • Riga • Russian Empire
Died February 11, 1948 (aged 50) • Moscow • Soviet Union
Notable Works “Alexander Nevsky” • “Battleship Potemkin” • “Ivan the Terrible” • “October” • “Strike”

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Portrait of Soviet film director Sergey Eisenstein, circa 1930, wearing a striped jacket and looking intently at the camera with hands clasped.
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Sergei Eisenstein: “The Odessa Steps” sequence from Battleship Potemkin
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