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The Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein (1987)
Directed by Gian Carlo Bertelli
Documentary · 1h 00m
A biographical film, in English throughout, telling the story of film director Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) from his childhood in Riga, Latvia to receiving the 'Stalin Prize' in Moscow. Based on his own writings, the film uses actual film clips of Eisenstein at various points of his life as well as photographs, illustrations and archival film of a variety of locations around the world. Eisenstein's talent as a satirical cartoonist and later an artist is particularly highlighted with many photographs of his work. Films discussed include "Strike", "Battleship Potemkin", "Oktober", "The old and the new", "Alexander Nevsky" and "Ivan the terrible". There is a detailed account of Eisenstein's world tour during which time he met and worked with other leading film-makers, writers and personalities including Einstein, James Joyce, D. W. Griffith and Walt Disney. Includes anecdote on his visit to High Table at Trinity College, Cambridge and its inspiration for a scene in 'Ivan the terrible'.
Cast
Paul Vaughan
Crew
- Director
- Gian Carlo Bertelli
- Writer
- Gian Carlo Bertelli, Pier Marco De Santi
- Editor
- Pedro del Rey
Details
- Original title
- Eisenstein: la vita è spettacolo
- Release date
- 1987-07-12
- Runtime
- 1h 00m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- IT
- Spoken languages
- English, Italian, Russian
- Countries
- Italy, United Kingdom
- Production
- Polivideo, Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI), BFI