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Events on Thursday 24 December 1925 1
1925Battleship Potemkin premieresEisenstein's silent film debuts in LeningradSergei Eisenstein's silent film Battleship Potemkin, dramatizing the 1905 mutiny aboard a Russian battleship, premiered in Leningrad. Its innovative use of montage editing, especially in the Odessa Steps sequence, influenced generations of filmmakers worldwide. It is widely regarded as one of the most important films in cinema history.