Quote of the day
Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.
Sergei Eisenstein
Born: January 10, 1898
Died: February 11, 1948 (aged 50)
Bio: Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein 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).
Known for:
- Battleship Potemkin (1925)
- Alexander Nevsky (1938)
- Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
- October: Ten Days That Shook the World (1928)
- ¡Que viva México!
Sergei Eisenstein Quotes