Sergei Eisenstein died on 11 February 1948 in Moscow, aged 50. 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
- 1948People's Daily
- 1948Claude Shannon founds information theory
- 7 January 1948Birth of Ichirō Mizuki
- 30 January 1948Death of Mahatma Gandhi
- 11 February 1948Death of Sergei Eisenstein
- 16 February 1948Discovery of Miranda
- from 17 February 1948 to 1 March 1948Alwaziri coup
- 25 February 19481948 Czechoslovak coup d'état
- 28 February 1948Birth of Steven Chu
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