Eisenstein became bored with the workers’ plays in Proletkult and wrote to his mother on 4 January 1921: ‘There are two specific tendencies here that I physically cannot stand: first, proletarian art, and second, the Stanislavsky method.’ In 1921 he enrolled as a student at the State Higher Theatre Directors
Sergej Eisenstein (1898-1948) var en revolusjonerende russisk filmskaper kjent for ikoniske filmer som «Potemkin» og «Ivan den store». Han var pioner innen filmmontasje og formet moderne filmteori med sin innovative bruk av bilder.