
February 13, 1898 · 128 years old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Aleksandr Pavlovich Antonov (1898 – 1962) was a Russian film actor who had a lengthy career, stretching from the silent era to the 1950s. His best known role was as Grigory Vakulinchuk in Sergei Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin. He also had a part in…

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

A group of oppressed factory workers go on strike in pre-revolutionary Russia.