简介：Anautobiographicalfilm,inEnglishthroughout,tellingthestoryoffilmdirectorSergeiEisenstein(1898-1948)fromhischildhoodinRiga,Latviatoreceivingthe'StalinPrize'inMoscow.Basedonhisownwritings,thefilmusesactualfilmclipsofEisensteinatvariouspointsofhislifeaswellasphotographs,illustrationsandarchivalfilmofavarietyoflocationsaroundtheworld.Eisenstein'stalentasasatiricalcartoonistandlateranartistisparticularlyhighlightedwithmanyphotographsofhiswork.Filmsdiscussedinclude"Strike","BattleshipPotemkin","Oktober","Theoldandthenew","AlexanderNevsky"and"Ivantheterrible".ThereisadetailedaccountofEisenstein'sworldtourduringwhichtimehemetandworkedwithotherleadingfilm-makers,writersandpersonalitiesincludingEinstein,JamesJoyce,D.W.GriffithandWaltDisney.IncludesanecdoteonhisvisittoHighTableatTrinityCollege,Cambridgeanditsinspirationforascenein'Ivantheterrible'.…