who was the first to
call for an uprising
fell at the hands of
a butcher.
To the shore.
Odessa.
A tent on the new pier
Vakulinchuk's last moorings.
Killed for a plate of soup.
PART THREE
A DEAD MAN CALLS
FOR JUSTICE
A mist spread over the sea.
A rumour spread from
the pier...
The news reached town
with the sunrise.
There's an uprising
on the "Potemkin"...
An uprising !...
And a dead sailor
is lying on the shore.We won't forget!
Killed for a plate of soup.
"People of Odessa!
"Here lies Vakulinchuk
a sailor, brutally
"murdered by an officer
of the battleship "Potemkin".
"Prince of Tauride."
"Death to the opressors!
"We shall take revenge!
The ship's crew.
Eternal glory to those who
died for the revolution !
All for one!
And one
for all.
Down with the butchers!
Down with tsarism !
Mothers, sisters, brothers!
Let nothing divide us!
Kill the Jews!
Shoulder to shoulder.
The land is ours!
The future is ours!
Delegates from Odessa.
We must deal the enemy
a decisive blow.
Together with the workers
of Russia
we shall fight and win !
Odessa followed the progress
of the uprising...
PART FOUR
THE ODESSA STAIRCASE
Odessa was with
the sailors.
Boats streamed to the
battleship.
Suddenly...
Let's go and talk them
out of it.
Do you hear that?!
Don't shoot!
My boy is very ill.
The Cossacks.
The ship's guns roared in
reply to the massacre.
The target - the Odessa
Opera House.
At the enemy stronghold!.
PART FIVE
THE MEETING WITH
THE SQUADRON
Stormy meetings went on
all day.
Odessa awaits her
liberators!
If you land, the troops
will join you.
We cannot land. The flag
squadron is moving on us.
The "Potemkin" prepared
To meet the squadron.
Night fell, a night
fraught with anxiety.
The squadron approached
in the dark.
The men were silent.
Squadron sighted!
All hands on deck!
To action stations!
Full steam ahead!
Meet them head on !
Full steam ahead!
The "Potemkin" was escorted
By destroyer 267.
The attack began !
The squadron bore down
on the battleship.
Signal to them
to join us!
Join...
...us!
The enemy is within
firing range!
All against one.
One against all.
Will they...
open fire?
Brothers!
Hurrah !
A thunderous hurrah
rang out.
The "Potemkin" passed
through the squadron,
the flag of freedom
fluttering over her.
THE ENDA Mosfilm Production
Version restored in 1976
in collaboration with
Gosfilmofond and
the Eisenstein museum
Under the direction of
Sergei Youtkevitch
Restoration team:
D. Vassiliev, director,
N. Kleiman,
historic counseling
A. Kliot, A. Lapissov,
musical writing
V. Babouchkine,
L. Benevolskaia, sound
P. Kouznetsov, camera
E. Demine, special effects
K. Aleeva, editing
A. Kobrine, sets
THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN
Film of the series "1905"
Directed by:
Sergei EISENSTEIN
Assistant director:
Grigori ALEXANDROV
Camera: Edward TISSE
Assistants:
A. ANTONOV, M. GOMOROV,
A. LEVSHIN, M. SHTRAUKH
PART ONE
THE MEN AND THE MAGGOTS
Revolution is war.
Of all the wars known in history
it is the only lawful, rightful,
just, and truly
great war...
In Russia
this war has been
declared and begun.
Lenin, 1905
Sailors Matyushenko
and Vakulinchuk.
We, the sailors of
"Potemkin",
must support our brothers
the workers.
We must stand in the front
ranks of the revolution!
The men slept heavily
after the watch.
Watchful but clumsy.
It is easy to vent one's
rage on a recruit.
There's a limit to what
a man can take.
Vakulintchuk.
Comrades! The time has come
for us to speak out.
What are we waiting for?
All of Russia has risen.
Are we to be the last
to do so?
On the following morning.
We've had enough rotten
meat!
It's not fit for pigs!
Ship's doctor Smirnov.
The meat could crawl
overboard on its own!
Those are not worms.
They are only maggots.
Wash them out with brine.
Russian POW's in Japan
are fed better!
We've had enough rotten
meat!
Stop that talk! It's
good meat.