[4k] Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Odessa Steps full scene

[@krisak5645]

Thanks for the full scene. I've only seen the steps sequence, but the addition of the 'regatta' lead-up is SO significant that I don't understand why some uploads so blithely cut it. Also, this is the best transfer had the opportunity to watch.

[@GorgorothBergen-ns7il]

What a MASTERPIECE; the maid with child... The stairs🇧🇻🐺👏

[@mariannecarandang7407]

Bravo ! Thank you for this beauty.

[@jbtube73]

Thanks for uploading this. I take it that it's the version using the Yati Durant score... I hope I got that right. Such a tragic outcome.

[@disconnected22]

All I can ever see is that woman’s moustache

[@MelBee128]

If it had subtitles, this would be absolutely perfect. If Eisenstein takes the time to include title cards, that means he felt they were important. It's not just the images that matter in a silent film.

[@sealife12]

What matters in a film, silent or otherwise, is up to the viewer.

[@MrEjidorie]

Undoubtedly, this is one of the most excellent movies which were ever made though I have no sympathy for communism. Unfortunately, such terrible massacre is not a thing of the past, such brutal acts are under way in Ukraine, Gaza etc. even today.

[@henfencey5751]

The fact that such violence continues in the places you mentioned makes you wonder if the underlying political/economic system has anything to do with it 🤔

[@Alfyannn]

What massacre? The "Odessa massacre" is pure fiction. See that's the power of cinema i used to thing that the Odessa steps was based on real events but no it just in the film (though real life massacres took place at that time but not in Odessa)

[@michaellynes3540]

While there were skirmishes between civilians and soldiers during the Russian Revolution of 1905, there was no massacre on the Odessa Steps as Eisenstein portrayed.

[@kellydg471]

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend"

[@chnb517]

Made 98 years ago..

[@BADASSMANDO]

Do you mind detailing your process and what you used? Looking to see if I can use this for some old public domain stuff that doesn't have anything higher than an SD scan

[@readingmovies5907]

Of course, this is also from a SD quality source from public domain. First I cleaned it roughly, to remove most of the noise and other imperfections. I thought about frame interpolation to bring it up to 24fps, but this would take a long time and isn't really true to the original. So lastly I scaled it up with Video Enhance AI by Topaz Labs, this took roughly 5 hours. You have to play a bit with the settings to get the best result.

[@BADASSMANDO]

@@readingmovies5907 awesome, thank you!

[@n0denz]

It's exploitative: contrived violence under the assumption more brutality creates a stronger message.

[@henfencey5751]

The Russian Revolution was contrived? Go back to film school you pretentious dingus

[@joerock8705]

Anyone recognize the pram-down-the-stairs scene in The Untouchables? Just brilliant film making.