Battleship Potemkin story
Battleship Potemkin (Russian: Бронено́сец «Потёмкин», Bronenosets Potyomkin), sometimes rendered as Battleship Potyomkin, is a 1925 Soviet silent film directed by Sergei Eisenstein and produced by Mosfilm. It presents a dramatized version of the mutiny that occurred in 1905 when the crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin rebelled against its officers.
6 total · 2 choice · 4 major
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| revolution in society | choice | the sailor's mutiny was both inspired by revolutionary upheaval in Russia, and became the catalyst for uprising in Odessa |
| the Russian Revolution of 1905 | choice | The sailor's mutiny was both inspired by revolutionary upheaval in Russia, and became the catalyst for uprising in Odessa. |
| duty vs. self-preservation | major | the men finally choose to mutiny and revolt rather than eat rotten meat and get summarily executed |
| heroism | major | Vakulinchuk was the hero that finally spoke out at the sailors' oppression at the hands of their officers, and then he was killed for it |
| military related work | major | We saw what it might have been like aboard a Russian battleship in 1905. |
| standing up to a boss | major | In the first act, some Potemkin crewmen challenged a senior officer by refusing to consume the spoiled meat they had been order to content themselves with. |