Eisenstein in Hollywood

From Moscow to Mexico City Eisenstein was privileged enough to met the cultural heroes of the era and embrace them as compatriots with a handshake Such was his reputation as the wunderkind of the new art of cinema everybody wanted to meet him there were writers painters critics theorists and philosophers as well as composers architects and artists from all branches of the cultural life that was shaping minds and civilizations Our project would follow Eisensteins journey and note the significant characters he encountered on his travels with a focus on Switzerland