Odessa, 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin and raising the red
flag of revolution, the sailors' revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot
hells of the Czar's Cossacks. When ruthless White Russian cavalry arrives to crush the rebellion on the sandstone
Odessa Steps, the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history is born.
Odessa, 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin and raising the red
flag of revolution, the sailors' revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot
hells of the Czar's Cossacks. When ruthless White Russian cavalry arrives to crush the rebellion on the sandstone
Odessa Steps, the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history is born. (less)
