The definitive silent film, and a great film in its own right.

Rating: 8/10 (26 August 2014)

I love metropolis and the Passion of Joan of Arc, but this is the best silent film ever made. As a pioneer in technology and the montage technique, it is easy to forget how brilliant the film is. There is no real main character, rather it shows events that happen in the Russian revolution (although pretty much nothing that happens in the film happened in the Russian revolution). Strangely the most identifiable character in the film never speaks, and is in the film for less than a minute, of course I am talking about that man who tries to stop the Tsarist soldiers, but ultimately dies. The much discussed Odessa Steps sequence, is still as well-shot and frightening as ever, I want to be one of those people who did not know that that scene was going to come up! I know one person who swears it is the greatest film ever made, and while it is not my personal favourite, I can honestly see where he is coming from. Watch this film, please.