Portrait of Sergei Eisenstein

Directing

Sergei Eisenstein

Career

Active from 1923 to 2026, with a break from 1999 to 2025, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.4 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 7.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sergei Eisenstein Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    0.7, average 2.7
  • Romance
    1.9, average 3.8
  • Mystery
    2.1, average 4.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Historical Drama 4
  • Silent Film 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Historical Epic 2
  • Mexican Culture 2
  • Political Commentary 2
  • National Identity 2
  • Avant-Garde 2
  • Soviet Cinema 2
  • Epic Historical Drama 2
  • Russian History 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Das Kapital
Das Kapital

Director, Editor

2020s

1 title
Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner
Idols Behind Altars: A Poetic Reverie for Anita Brenner (2026)

Director, Writer

1990s

1 title
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy
Sergei Eisenstein: Mexican Fantasy (1998)

Director, Writer

1970s

2 titles · average score 76
¡Qué Viva México!
¡Qué Viva México! (1979)
GoodWatch score 76

Screenplay, Director

TsOKS in Alma-Ata
TsOKS in Alma-Ata (1974)

as Archive footage

1960s

1 title · average score 63
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film
Bezhin Meadow: Sequences from an Unfinished Film (1968)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

1950s

2 titles · average score 89
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot
Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958)
GoodWatch score 89

Writer, Producer

Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study
Eisenstein’s Mexican Film: Episodes for Study (1955)

Director

1940s

7 titles · average score 73
Ivan the Terrible, Part I
Ivan the Terrible, Part I (1944)
GoodWatch score 90

Art Direction, Writer

Seeds of Freedom
Seeds of Freedom (1943)

Writer, Director

The Magic Seed
The Magic Seed (1942)

Producer

Swineherd and Shepherd
Swineherd and Shepherd (1941)
GoodWatch score 57

Producer

To the Jews of the Whole World!
To the Jews of the Whole World! (1941)

as С.Эйзенштейн

Time in the Sun
Time in the Sun (1940)

Director, Idea

Our Cinema
Our Cinema (1940)

as (archive footage)

1930s

9 titles · average score 69
Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Nevsky (1938)
GoodWatch score 83

Director, Editor

Death Day
Death Day (1934)

Director

Thunder Over Mexico
Thunder Over Mexico (1933)

Director

Eisenstein in Mexico
Eisenstein in Mexico (1933)

Director

Hurray Mexico!
Hurray Mexico! (1932)

Director

The Disaster in Oaxaca
The Disaster in Oaxaca (1931)
GoodWatch score 63

Writer, Director

Sentimental Romance
Sentimental Romance (1931)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay, Director

Misery and Fortune of Woman
Misery and Fortune of Woman (1930)

Supervisor of Production Resources, Editor

Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe
Sergei Eisenstein's Mexican Footage of the Fiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe (1930)

Director

1920s

6 titles · average score 76
The General Line
The General Line (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

Writer, Director

Every Day
Every Day (1929)

as Policeman

October (Ten Days that Shook the World)
October (Ten Days that Shook the World) (1928)
GoodWatch score 82

Director, Screenplay

Battleship Potemkin
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
GoodWatch score 89

as Odessa Citizen

Strike
Strike (1925)
GoodWatch score 88

Screenplay, Editor

Glumov's Diary
Glumov's Diary (1923)
GoodWatch score 53

as Sergei Eisenstein