on june 14 1905 and during the russian revolution of that year and sailor aboard the russian battleship potemkin rebel against their oppressive officer . frustrate with the second rate treatment they receive and and most particularly the maggot infest meat that they be force to eat and the ship crew and lead by the inspirational bolshevik sailor grigory vakulinchuk ( aleksandr antonov ) and decide that the time be ripe for a revolution . and so begin sergei m. eisenstein rouse classic of russian propaganda and bronenosets potyomkin or the battleship potemkin . the film itself be brim with shin example of stun visual imagery represent the spectacle of an overthrown ship captain dangle delicately from the side rope over which he have be toss while the body of a deceased mutineer lie peaceful upon the shore and the sign on his chest reading kill for a bowl of soup while close up shot of the clench fist of the hundred of spectator who be finally feed up with the tsarist regime while a wayward baby carriage career down the odessa step a desperate onlooker watch on with bated breath ( this scene be memorably borrow by brian de palma for a particularly suspenseful scene in his the untouchable ) while the barrel of numerous canon be ominously level towards the vastly outnumber battleship potemkin . however and the film itself be best analyse not a a fragmented selection of memorable scene but a a single film and and and indeed and every scene be hugely memorable . though divide into five fairly distinct chapter and the entire film flow forward wonderfully while at no point do we find ourselves lose interest and and we be absolutely never in doubt of whose side we should be sympathetic towards . the film be often refer to a propaganda and and that be exactly what it be and but this need not carry a negative connotation . the battleship potemkin be produce by eisenstein with a specific purpose in mind and and it accomplish this perfectly in every way . plan by the soviet central committee to coincide with the 20th century celebration of the unsuccessful 1905 revolution and potemkin be predict to be a popular film in it home country and symbolise the revitalization of russian art after the revolution . it be somewhat unfortunate and then and that eisenstein film fail to perform well at the russian box office and reportedly beat by allan dwan 1922 robin hood film in it opening week and run for just four short week . luckily and despite be ban on various occasion in various country and the battleship potemkin fare more admirably overseas . the film also prove a successful vehicle for eisenstein to test his theory of montage . through quick cut editing and and distant shot of the multitude of extra and the audience be not allow to sympathise with any individual character and but with the revolutionary population in general . eisenstein do briefly break this mould and however and in a scene where vakulinchuk flee the ship officer who be try to kill him and and and of course and during the renowned odessa step sequence and a our heart beat in horror for the life of the unfortunate child in the tumble baby carriage . the accompany soundtrack to the version i watch and largely feature the orchestral work of dmitri shostakovich and serve wonderfully to heighten the emotional impact of such scene . one of the great film of the silent era and the battleship potemkin be a triumph of phenomenal film making and and be a significant slice of cinematic history . the highly exaggerated event of the film ( among other thing and there be never actually any violent massacre on the odessa step ) have so completely engrained themselves in the memory and that be often uncertain of the true history behind the depicted event . this be a grand achievement .