It was December 1925. In the snow-covered and frosty Moscow, in the majestic St. Andrew's Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, the XIV Congress of the CPSU(b) was working. Its delegates, the entire party and the Soviet people were celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first Russian Revolution. On the morning of December 24, the congress participants were informed that the film "Battleship Potemkin "will be shown for the first time at the Bolshoi Theater in the evening. Leaders of the party and government, participants in former revolutionary battles, delegates to the congress, workers, Red Army soldiers and employees gathered in the theater hall. The lights went out, and a narrow beam of light illuminated the screen. The audience saw the undulating sea. A huge wave surged and broke into a myriad of drops. Against the background of the sea element, the majestic hull of the battleship with the muzzles of turret guns grew up. On its sides - large letters "PRINCE Potemkin TAVRICHESKY". On the upper deck there was a fierce battle between revolutionary sailors and monarchist officers. The officers who gave the order to shoot a group of recalcitrant sailors are thrown overboard. The banner of the revolution flew over the rebellious battleship, and a mighty sailor's "Ur-a-a!"rang out. The audience erupted in thunderous applause. Thus began the glorious path of the legendary movie. Almost none of the audience knew that Nina Ferdinandovna Agadzhanova, the author of the screenplay "Battleship Potemkin", a member of the party since 1907, was sitting in one of the boxes in the hall. The new film was a major success of the young Soviet cinema, as well as the success of its creators-director S. M. Eisenstein and screenwriter N. F. Agadzhanova. Here are the words of Eisenstein from his "Autobiography": "There would be more screenwriters like Nune Agadzhanova, who, beyond all the necessary tricks of their craft, would be able to introduce their directors to the feeling of the histori ... Читать далее