Cycle

From 01.02. To 17.02.2005.

Program of films by Eisenstein and Aleksandrov

Program of films by Eisenstein and Aleksandrov

 

Films in cycle

The Battleship Potemkin

(Bronenosets Potyomkin, USSR, 1925)

Directed by: Sergej Ejzenštejn
PHOTOGRAPHY: Eduard Tisse, Vladimir Popov
Synopsis:

This classic film contains the famous scene of the slaughter at the steps of Odessa. Considered Eisenstein’s finest film, it is included in many critic’s lists of the best films of all time. The central theme of this film is the mutiny on the Potemkin battle cruiser.

b/w, silent, 72'
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 08.02.2005 AT 19:00
Tuesday 01.02.2005 AT 21:00

Old and New/The General Line

(Staroye i novoye, USSR, 1929)

Directed by: Sergej Ejzenštejn
PHOTOGRAPHY: Eduard Tisse
Synopsis:

This film tells the story of a peasant girl who fights against greed and superstition, and shows the effects of mechanization and collectivization on the Soviet farms. Eduard Tisse did the stunning camera work.

b/w, silent, 125'
PROJECTION:
Thursday 03.02.2005 AT 21:00

Aleksandr Nevsky

(1938)

Directed by: Sergej Ejzenštejn
PHOTOGRAPHY: Eduard Tisse
Synopsis:

This is Eisenstein’s first sound film. Sergei Prokofiev composed the original music for it. The story takes place in the 13th century, when Russian prince, Aleksandar Nevski, collects his army and fights against Germanic tribes.

b/w, 112 minuta
PROJECTION:
Thursday 10.02.2005 AT 19:00
Saturday 05.02.2005 AT 21:00

The Happy Guys

(Veselye rebjata, 1934)

Directed by: Grigorij Vasiljevič (Mormenko) Aleksandrov
PHOTOGRAPHY: Vladimir Nilsen
Synopsis:

This comedy is about a shepherd who is mistaken for a famous conductor. At a party, when some people ask him to show his artistic skills, he plays his flute. Complete chaos follows…

b/w, 96 minuta
PROJECTION:
Tuesday 15.02.2005 AT 21:00

Spring

(Vesna, 1947)

Directed by: Grigorij Vasiljevič (Mormenko) Aleksandrov
PHOTOGRAPHY: Yuri Yekelchik
Synopsis:

Irina Petrovna Nikitina (Lyubov Orlova) is a respectable professor who researches solar energy. Vera Giorgieva Shatrova (Lyubov Orlova) is an actress and singer who is supposed to play Irina in a movie. However, the two of them exchange roles in reality, rather than on the silver screen, and find unexpected happiness in their newly acquired lives.

b/w, 104 minute
PROJECTION:
Thursday 17.02.2005 AT 21:00
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