What is Sergei Eisenstein?
{{Infobox Actor | name = Sergei Eisenstein | image = Sergei Eisenstein 03.jpg | caption= Eisenstein in c. 1910 | birthname = Sergei Mikhailovich Eizenshtein | birth_date = January 23, 1898 | birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Russian Empire]] | yearsactive = 1923-1946 | death_date = {{death date and age|1948|2|11|1898|1|23}} | death_place = Moscow, Soviet Union | death_cause = [[Heart attack]] | spouse = [[Pera Atasheva]] (1934-1948) }} '''Sergei Mikhailovich Eisenstein''' ({{lang-ru|Сергей Михайлович Эйзенштейн; Sergej Mihajlovič Ejzenštejn}}; January 23, 1898&nbsp;– February 11, 1948) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Russian people|Russian]] [[movie director]] and [[movie theory|movie theorist]]. He was known mostly for his [[silent movie]]s ''[[Strike (1925 movie)|Strike]]'', ''[[Battleship Potemkin|The Battleship Potemkin]]'' and ''[[October: Ten Days That Shook the World|October]]''. He was also known for his [[Historical movie|historical]] [[Epic film|epics]] ''[[Alexander Nevsky (movie)|Alexander Nevsky]]'' and ''[[Ivan the Terrible (movie)|Ivan the Terrible]]''. His work had a major impact on early movie directors because of his creative use of and writings about [[Montage (filmmaking)|montage]]. == Biography == === Early years === [[File:Mikhail-einsenstein-0713-01.jpg|thumb|upright|Young Sergei with his parents Mikhail and Julia Eisenstein.|left]] Eisenstein was born in Riga, Latvia but his family moved a lot in his early years. Eisenstein continued to move often during his life. Eisenstein's father [[Mikhail Eisenstein|Mikhail Osipovich Eisenstein]] was of [[Germans|German]]-[[Jew]]ish and [[Swedish people|Swedish]]<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/glogin?URI=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/bergan-eisenstein.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=43e93e1bQ2F0Q2BZQ2F0rS_J3SSu0Q2FSSQ5EJ05K3Ju0Q2F0Q2FZ3Q5BQ5D.lZKJZ.JuZK.ahuQ7BQ3F Sergei Eisenstein]</ref> [[descent]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11752 |title=Literaty Encyclopedia |access-date=2010-05-01 |archive-date=2012-10-03 |archive-