Battleship Potemkin
Film Theatre, Wade Centre, Hartshill Road, ST4 7NY
Cinema
12 Nov 2025
Wednesday 12 November
A film by Sergei Eisenstein with music by Pet Shop Boys.
A fixture in the critical canon almost since its premiere, Eisenstein's film about a 1905 naval mutiny was revolutionary in both form and content. Battleship Potemkin is renowned for its dynamic compositional strength and editing of such frame-perfect precision that it's hard not to be swept along. The set-piece massacre on the Odessa Steps still packs a sledgehammer punch.
The Pet Shop Boys' score, performed by the Dresdner Sinfoniker conducted by Jonathan Stockhammer with orchestrations by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create a rousing contemporary cinematic experience.
Full details and to book tickets online go to www.stokefilmtheatre.org.uk, or buy from the Box Office, open 7pm. Tickets £8.50, £7.50 concession, £5 young person (U26).
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