Sergei Eisenstein facts for kids

Sergei Eisenstein
Quick facts for kids Sergei Eisenstein
	Eisenstein in St. Petersburg, 1910s
Born	Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein ; 22 January 1898 (O.S. 10 January 1898); Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Died	11 February 1948 (aged 50); Moscow, Soviet Union
Resting place	Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Years active	1923–1946
Notable work	Strike (1924); Battleship Potemkin (1925); October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1927); Alexander Nevsky (1938); Ivan the Terrible (1944, 1958);
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.

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Young Sergei with his parents Mikhail and Julia Eisenstein
With Japanese kabuki actor Sadanji Ichikawa II, Moscow, 1928
Eisenstein c. 1935