Rediscovered Cinema at the Cinema is presenting a restoration of Battleship Potemkin, Sergei M. Eisenstein’s masterpiece, within the showcase on the Russian Revolution.

Cinema Massimo – From 13 to 21 November 2017 – Screen Three

The Rediscovered Cinema at the Cinema showcase, the project by the Bologna Film Archive which is bringing back great classics and cult movies from the history of film to the big screen, in a restored version, is continuing in November with a veritable masterpiece, part of the broader THE REVOLUTION SCREEN showcase, organised for the occasion of the celebrations for the centenary of the Russian Revolution: Battleship Potemkin by Sergei M. Eisenstein. Admission 7.50/5.00 euro.

 

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potemkin)

(Urss 1925, 68’, DCP, b/n, or.caps. it.s/t)

Born on commission to celebrate the Revolution of 1905, this film raised immediate international enthusiasm. "Potemkin is not one of those ships that can be sunk with torpedoes. It has weighed anchor forever. It sails. Its wake contains everything" (Robert Desnos, 1927). Print soundtrack with the music composed by Edmund Meisel for the German premiere of the film.

 

Mon 13 and Tue 14, at 4.00 /6.00 p.m., Mon 20, at 4.00 /6.00 p.m., Tue 21, at 8.30 p.m.