Dictionary of Jewish Biography

EISENSTEIN, SERGEI MIKHAILOVICH

Eisenstein, Sergei Mikhailovich: translation

(1898-1948)
Russian film director. Born in Riga, Latvia, he studied architecture at the Petrograd Institute of Civil Engineering. Later he joined the Red Army. In 1920 he became a set director of the Moscow Proletkult Theatre. His films includeStrike,Battleship Potemkin,October,The General Line,Alexander NevskyandIvan the Terrible.