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Sergei Eisenstein facts for kids
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Sergei Eisenstein
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Eisenstein in St. Petersburg, 1910s
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Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein
22 January 1898 (O.S. 10 January 1898) Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
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| Died | 11 February 1948 (aged 50) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Years active | 1923–1946 |
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Notable work
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| Spouse(s) | Pera Atasheva (birth name Pearl Fogelman) 1934–1948, his death |
| Awards | Stalin prize (1941,1946) |
Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein; (22 January 1898 - 11 February 1948) was a Soviet film director and film theorist, a pioneer in the theory and practice of montage. He is noted in particular for his silent films Strike (1925), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928), as well as the historical epics Alexander Nevsky (1938) and Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958). In its decennial poll, the magazine Sight & Sound named his Battleship Potemkin the 11th greatest movie of all time.
Images for kids
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Young Sergei with his parents Mikhail and Julia Eisenstein
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With Japanese kabuki actor Sadanji Ichikawa II, Moscow, 1928
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Eisenstein c. 1935