Odessa - 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin, the ship's loyal crew contemplates the unthinkable - mutiny. Seizing control of the Potemkin and raising the red flag of revolution, the sailors' revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot heels of the Czar's Cossacks. When ruthless White Russian cavalry arrives to crush the rebellion on the sandstone Odessa Steps, the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history is born.

• 1 hr 10 min
• Directed by

  Sergei Eisenstein
• Written by Sergei Eisenstein, Nina Agadzhanova

• Starring

  Alexander Antonov

  ,

  Grigory Alexandrov

  ,

  Ivan Bobrov

  ,

  Vladimir Barsky

  ,

  Mikhail Gomorov