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The Potemkin Stairs as seen in Battleship Potemkin. As erosion destroyed the stairs, in 1933 the sandstone was replaced by rose-grey granite from the Boh area, and the landings were covered with asphalt. Eight steps were lost under the sand when the port was being extended, reducing the number of stairs to 192, with ten landings. [1] [2]
One of the most celebrated scenes in the film is the massacre of civilians on the Odessa Steps (also known as the Primorsky or Potemkin Stairs). This sequence has been assessed as a "classic" [29] and one of the most influential in the history of cinema.
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Potemkin reached its destination at 23:00 on 7 July and the Romanians agreed to give asylum to the crew if they would disarm themselves and surrender the battleship. Ismail ' s crew decided the following morning to return to Sevastopol and turn themselves in, but Potemkin ' s crew voted to accept the terms. Captain Nicolae Negru, commander of ...
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Titarenko's best-known series from this period is City of Shadows (which is also a title of his autobiographical novel), [25] whose urban landscapes reiterate the Odesa Steps (also known as the Primorsky or Potemkin Stairs) scene from Sergei Eisenstein's film The Battleship Potemkin. [26]
The Potemkin Stairs in Odesa extend for 142 metres (466 ft), but give the illusion of greater depth since the stairs are wider at the bottom than at the top. The technique takes advantage of the visual cues humans use to perceive depth such as angular size, aerial perspective, shading, and relative size.