"Battleship Potemkin". For the occasion of the great "The Revolution screen" showcase premiere of the restoration of Sergei M. Eisenstein’s masterpiece.

For the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the National Cinema Museum is celebrating this important anniversary by offering the screening of the premiere of the restoration of Eisenstein’s masterpiece within the suggestive framing of the Temple Hall, the heart of the museum.

The great epic of the Revolution, staged by this great master in Battleship Potemkin, is proposed once more in the digital 4K version restored by the Bologna Film Archive. The film will be introduced to the public by Sergio Toffetti. Reduced admission to the museum 8.00 euro.

This special event is part of the framework of THE REVOLUTION SCREEN showcase, which also features the involvement of other cultural institutions, in addition to the Cinema Massimo, with a packed calendar of rendez-vous until 23 November. The film will be repeated over the following days at the Cinema Massimo - in the context of the “Rediscovered Cinema at the Cinema” showcase, promoted by the Bologna Film Archive, at the cost of 7.50/5.00 euro.

THE REVOLUTION SCREEN, whose curator is Sergio Toffetti with Stefano Boni, Grazia Paganelli and Elena Testa, has been organised by the National Cinema Museum and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. The National Film Archive – CSC, Polo del ‘900, Slow Cinema, Piccolo Cinema, Vera Nocentini Foundation, Istituto Gramsci and GAMeC have collaborated.

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potëmkin)

(Ussr 1925, 68’, DCP, b/w, or.caps. it.s/t)

Born on commission to celebrate the Revolution of 1905, this film raised immediate international enthusiasm. "Potemkin is not one of those ships that can be sunk with torpedoes. It has weighed anchor forever. It sails. Its wake contains everything" (Robert Desnos, 1927). Print soundtrack with the music composed by Edmund Meisel for the German premiere of the film.