In this 1925 film, Russian director Sergei Eisenstein told the story of a naval revolt aboard a battleship
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Russian sailors against their commanding officers aboard a naval... [DOC] [TLE] BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925) | THE UNAFFILIATED CRITIC [PAR] Jan 30, 2013 ... Sergei Eisenstein and the Soviet Theory of Montage ... As cautious as I am about 
presenting myself as an expert on Russian history or film theory, I'm even ... 
Eisenstein was the first director to really explore and explain how careful ... with 
the terrible conditions aboard the ship and the tyranny of the officers.