A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resultant public demonstration, showing support, which brought on a police massacre. The film had an incredible impact on the development of cinema and is a masterful example of montage editing.
Keywords:
Panic
Baby carriage
Cossack
Slaughter
Massacre
Rage
Sailor
Silent film
Russian revolution (1917)
Revolt
Imperial russia
Insubordination
Port city
Soviet realism
Maggots
Movie tag line: "Revolution is the only lawful, equal, effectual war. It was in Russia that this war was declared and begun."
Character: Grigory Vakulinchuk
Character: Commander Golikov
Character: Chief Officer Giliarovsky
Character: Young Sailor Flogged While Sleeping
Character: Militant Sailor