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Battleship Potemkin (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray (UK Import)
BFI

Pre-sale - Release date: 05.09.2025

Original title: Bronenosets Potyomkin

Year: 1925
Country: Soviet Union
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5035673015506

Image: 1.33:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio: -

Subtitles: English

Age rating: 12

Genre: Classic / Drama / War

Cast: Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky

Director: Sergei Eisenstein


Synopsis:

A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Sergei Eisenstein's legendary film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is celebrated for its dynamic compositional strength and editing of such frame-perfect precision that it's hard not to be swept along. Despite endless quotation and parody, the set-piece massacre on the Odessa Steps still packs a sledgehammer punch.

First revealed at a special outdoor screening in front of an estimated 25,000 in Trafalgar Square in 2004, Pet Shop Boys' score, performed with the Dresdner Sinfoniker and orchestrated by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create a contemporary cinematic experience.

Extras:

• Hochhaussinfonie (2017, 68 mins): as the Dresdner Sinfoniker and Pet Shop Boys prepare for a unique musical production, utilizing a prefabricated building in what was once East Germany, this documentary explores not only the complexities of the concert, but also the residents and their lived experiences of a very different time
• Trafalgar Square highlights (2004, 4 mins): an impressionistic short film capturing the build-up and performance as Pet Shop Boys premiered their newly composed score for Battleship Potemkin with the Dresdner Sinfoniker in London
• CD featuring the score by Pet Shop Boys and Dresdner Sinfoniker
• Trailer (2025)
• **LIMITED EDITION** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing by Chris Heath and Sarah Cleary, and archive pieces by Neil Tennant and Michael Brooke