Sergei Eisenstein was born on 10 January 1898 in Riga. A Soviet filmmaker born in Riga, Eisenstein was a pioneer of film theory and of the technique of montage, the editing of shots to create meaning and emotion. His silent films Strike, Battleship Potemkin and October helped establish Soviet cinema as an artistic force, and the massacre on the Odessa steps in Potemkin remains one of the most studied sequences in film history. Later works include Alexander Nevsky, with a score by Prokofiev, and the two-part Ivan the Terrible, whose second part was banned by Stalin because of its portrayal of tyranny. He also wrote influential essays on film. His unfinished Mexican project and his struggles with the authorities marked his later career.
Before and after
- 1898Discovery of neon
- from 1898 to 1934Banana Wars
- 1898Discovery of krypton
- 1898Discovery of polonium
- 10 January 1898Birth of Sergei Eisenstein
- 14 January 1898Death of Lewis Carroll
- 3 February 1898Birth of Alvar Aalto
- 10 February 1898Birth of Bertolt Brecht
- 5 March 1898Birth of Zhou Enlai
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The era
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