This film was about the strike in 1903 by the workers of a factory during pre-revolution Russia, and their suppression. This film depicts the hardships that ended up leading to the strike with all the poor conditions that the working people such as factory workers, had to deal with. This was one of Eisentstein’s films and was created right before Battleship Potemkin.
A scene that stood out to me the most was the very end of the movie which is what it is most famous for. This scene consists of a montage of cross-cut footage. The clips varied from tight to wide shots of all the violence that was taking place such as the slaughtering of cows, murdering of a child, a child getting stuck in the violence in a stampede, and the fighting between the working class and the officials in general. It was awfully violent and was ultimately the climax of the film. It was filmed in an epic manner with action packed fighting which made the whole film come together for the audience to realize that once humanity comes together to fight for what they want, they can eventually get it. Overall, this film was better than I thought it was going to be. I believe plot-wise it was much better and stronger than Battleship Potemkin, although Battleship Potemkin is much stronger in cinematography and the epic and visual aspects. I am still not a fan of Russian films…
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