List of the best Sergei M. Eisenstein movies: Ivan the Terrible, Part II(1958), Alexander Nevsky(1938), October(1928), October(1928), Que Viva Mexico(1979), Strike(1924) ... ...
Drama, History
Soviet Union
1958
87 Minutes
Director
Nikolai Cherkasov Mikhail Zharov Amvrosi Buchma Mikhail Kuznetsov Andrei Abrikosov Aleksandr Mgebrov Vladimir Balashov Serafima Birman Pavel Kadochnikov Pavel Massalsky
As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar.
Drama, History
Soviet Union
1938
111 Minutes
Director
Dmitri Vasilyev Nikolai Cherkasov Nikolai Okhlopkov D. Orlov Andrei Abrikosov Anna Danilova Vera Ivasheva Sergei Blinnikov Lev Fenin Ivan Lagutin Vladimir Yershov
warrior knight prince engaging gutsy inspiring battlefield russia patriotism war love rivalry underdog quest 13th century
The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights.
Drama, History
Soviet Union
1928
105 Minutes
Sergei M. Eisenstein Vasili Nikandrov Boris Livanov Nikolay Popov Layaschenko Chibisov Mikholyev Smelsky Nikolai Padvoisky
vladimir i. lenin revolutionary soldier intense patriotic russia royal palace october revolution armed conflict royalty communism rise fall quest 1910s
A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.
Drama, History
Soviet Union
1928
105 Minutes
Sergei M. Eisenstein Vasili Nikandrov Boris Livanov Nikolay Popov Layaschenko Chibisov Mikholyev Smelsky Nikolai Padvoisky
vladimir i. lenin revolutionary soldier intense patriotic russia royal palace october revolution armed conflict royalty communism rise fall quest 1910s
A large-scale view on the events of 1917 in Russia, when the monarchy was overthrown.
Drama
1979
85 Minutes
Director
Martín Hernández Isabel Villaseñor David Liceága Julio Sadivara
native husband wife bullfighter soldier revolutionary melodramatic spirited mexico yucatan mexican revolution celebration death bullfighting marriage culture discovery revenge 1930s
Grigori Alexandrov releases director Sergei Eisenstein's troubled, unfinished film about Mexico in 1979.
Drama
1924
73 Minutes
Director
Grigori Aleksandrov Maxim Strauch Mikhail Gomorov Aleksandr Antonov Judith Glizer Boris Yurtsev Vladimir Uralsky Vera Yanukova
factory worker boss spy soldier brooding dark striking russia factory protest class distinctions capitalism underdog wretched excess rivalry 1900s
Authorities try to suppress a strike by factory workers in 1912 czarist Russia, with violent results.