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The film is based on true events. The crew aboard Battleship Potemkin rebels against tyrannical officers after being served rotten meat for dinner, leading to a conflict between crew and officers. After reaching home-port Odessa, the revolution spreads to civilians which is crushed by Russian army. A fleet of warships is sent to control the Potemkin crew, but they refuse to attack Potemkin.