HBO MaxBattleship Potemkin (1925)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 8.8
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
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Apple TVBias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
HBO MaxApple TVDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explicitly champions revolutionary class struggle and collective action against an oppressive state, depicting the mutiny and subsequent civilian uprising as a justified response to tyranny and inhumane conditions, aligning with foundational socialist and communist ideologies.
The film features traditional casting consistent with its historical setting and production era, without intentional race or gender swaps. Its narrative focuses on class struggle and revolution, rather than critiquing traditional identities in a modern diversity, equity, and inclusion context.
Secondary
The film portrays the Russian Orthodox Church and its clergy as an oppressive force, actively supporting the Tsarist regime and blessing its instruments of violence. This depiction aligns the church with the oppressors, serving to discredit the institution as an enemy of the people and the revolution.
Battleship Potemkin, a 1925 Soviet silent film, focuses on the 1905 Russian Revolution and class struggle. Its narrative is entirely devoid of identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, as its scope is limited to political and social revolution, offering no relevant depictions for evaluation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Battleship Potemkin is a historical drama based on real events from 1905. The film's characters, including the mutinous sailors and the citizens of Odessa, are portrayed in a manner consistent with their historical context and do not involve any gender alterations from established historical or canonical baselines.
Battleship Potemkin is a historical drama depicting the 1905 mutiny. The characters are based on historical Russian sailors and officers, and the actors in the 1925 film are consistent with the historical and implied racial background of these figures. There is no evidence of a character established as one race being portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
8.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
7.9
7.6
Critic Ratings
10.0
9.7
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