For the occasion of The Revolution screen showcase, SPECIAL EVENT at the Mole with a premiere screening of the restored Battleship Potemkin.

For the occasion of the centenary of the Russian Revolution, within the film showcase titled THE REVOLUTION SCREEN, special event on Monday 6 November at 6.00 p.m. in the Temple Hall at the Mole Antonelliana, with the screening of a version of the Battleship Potemkin by Sergei M. Eisenstein restored by the Bologna Film Archive. The film will be introduced to the public by Sergio Toffetti.

Reduced admission to the museum 8.00 euro.

Eisenstein’s masterpiece be repeated over the following days at the Cinema Massimo in the framework of the “Rediscovered Cinema at the Cinema” showcase, promoted by the Bologna Film Archive, at the cost of 7.50/5.00 euro.

The showcase, whose curator is Sergio Toffetti with Stefano Boni, Grazia Paganelli and Elena Testa has been organised by the National Cinema Museum and the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. The National Film Archive – CSC, Polo del ‘900, Slow Cinema, Piccolo Cinema, Vera Nocentini Foundation, Istituto Gramsci and GAMeC have collaborated .

Sergei M. Eisenstein

Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potemkin)

(Urss 1925, 68’, DCP, b/n, or.caps. it.s/t)

Born on commission to celebrate the Revolution of 1905, this film raised immediate international enthusiasm. "Potemkin is not one of those ships that can be sunk with torpedoes. It has weighed anchor forever. It sails. Its wake contains everything" (Robert Desnos, 1927). Print soundtrack with the music composed by Edmund Meisel for the German premiere of the film.

Repeat screenings at the Cinema Massimo

Tue 7, at 8.30 p.m. - The film is introduced by the short films The cameraman’s revenge by W. Starewicz (1912, 5’) and Steps by Z. Rybczynski (1987, 26’)

Mon 13 and Tue 14, at 4.00 /6.00 p.m., Mon 20, at 4.00 /6.00 p.m., Tue 21, at 8.30 p.m. – Admission 7.50/5.00 euro