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Plot

A biographical drama about the life of great Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein), Eisenstein stars Simon McBurney as its eponymous protagonist. Beginning in 1922, when the young Eisenstein, a former Red Army engineer, became the protégé of avant-garde theatre director Meyerhold (Jonathan Hyde), the film covers Eisenstein's life, work, and political struggles through three decades, set in such disparate locales as the Ukraine and Mexico.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Drama
Run Time:
99min.
Director(s):
Renny Bartlett
Starring:
Simon McBurney , Raymond Coulthard , Jacqueline McKenzie , Jonathan Hyde , Barnaby Kay
Themes:
Totalitarian States,Filmmaking
Tone:
Enigmatic,Cerebral,Stylized
Keywords:
Russia,film-director,filmmaker,political-persecution
Language:
English