wow . i wasn not expect something like this . quite frankly and silent russian director make american director of the same era look anemic by comparison . nearly every shot in this film be poetry beautifully compose and lit and not over act ( like so many silents ) and simple and and brutally powerfully . the face and the atmosphere . vsevolod have an amazing eye for composition . the close ups be gorgeous and intense and fiery and the wide shot be breathtaking in the way they emphasize man fragile diminutive size . of course and this be a propaganda film and so the upper class be portray a fat and hysterical beast people and the low class be all rough hewn and beautiful and but who care when the movie be this good . and this be during the age of eisenstein so the quick cut edit come into play during the end with the big overthrow of st. petersburg with great edits that be nearly subliminal . wonderful stuff .