The Different Faces of Sergei Eisenstein (1998)
Eisenstein is celebrated either as the last Leonardo da Vinci of modernity or attacked as Faustus, Faustus who made a pact with the devil. Whichever is the case, neither friends nor foes are able to resist the powerful draw of Eisenstein's work. He was a person of complexity who was understood in very different ways, as a generous cosmopolitan and a stingy hermit, a cynic and yet a highly sensitive, vulnerable being. The film deals with a number of phases in Eisenstein's life, and tries to get away from the orthodox image of him by using new material to shed a different light on his biography.
Directors: Dietmar Hochmuth, Oksana Bulgakova.
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Sergei Eisenstein as |
| Directing | Dietmar Hochmuth | Director |
| Directing | Oksana Bulgakova | Director |
| Writing | Oksana Bulgakova | Writer |
| Writing | Dietmar Hochmuth | Writer |
| Camera | Dieter Chill | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Dorothea Brühl | Editor |