Synopsis
Today, film-maker Renny Bartlett tells the story of the making of the film which inspired Francis Bacon, Woody Allen, Brian de Palma and Ken Russell.
- Programme: Art That Shook The World
- Episode: 4: Battleship Potemkin
- Channel: BBC Four
- Broadcast year: 2001
- Film Studies
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