planktonrules Review of Revolution in Russia

Revolution in Russia (1906)

A totally confusing re-telling of the Potemkin incident

[4/10 · 15 September 2006]

This film is all about an uprising that occurred aboard the Imperial Russian ship, Potemkin, and how the uprising spread ashore. This is a very early telling of the true story, but it was re-make so much better by Sergei Eisenstein a couple decades later (as a propaganda film for the new Soviet government). In this early version, the sets are pretty poor (though not really bad for 1905) and the story is VERY, VERY rough and confusing--unless you saw Eisenstein's movie first. In fact, the true story is very interesting and it's amazing to see just how UNINTERESTING and confusing this all became with this Pathé Brothers film. My advice is see the Eisenstein one and if you want to see a GOOD older film, try those of the French genius, Méliès.