Battleship Potemkin – Music by Pet Shop Boys (12A)

Mark the centenary of the legendary Battleship Potemkin with a special big screen presentation of Sergei Eisenstein's silent masterpiece as you’ve never seen – or heard – it before.

Screening from a restored version made by Deutsche Kinemathek, this special event will pair Battleship Potemkin with the celebrated score by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe of 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. Its iconic “Odessa Steps” sequence still packs a sledgehammer punch.

First revealed at a special outdoor screening in Trafalgar Square in 2004, Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe’s score, performed with the Dresdner Sinfoniker and orchestrated by Torsten Rasch, blends electronic beats with orchestral grandeur to create an unforgettable contemporary cinematic experience.