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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1462

Revolution in Russia

19055 minFrance

Synopsis

A dispute over food aboard the battleship Potemkin becomes a mutiny after a sailor is killed. Public mourning in Odessa is followed by bombardment and repression on shore.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 3:35
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Lucien Nonguet · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

DirectorsLucien Nonguet

Historical context

Pathé announced this staged response only weeks after the events of the Russian Revolution. Most scenes were recreated in a studio, distinguishing the film from direct news footage of the uprising.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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