The film consists of five parts
-"Man and Maggot", describing the hard life and inhuman treatment of sailors on the Battleship . The beef with maggots made the soldiers flutter and became the fuse of the uprising.
2. The "tragedy on the rear deck", the sailors representing the uprising were suppressed by the officers. The commander ordered the rebels to be shot, and the priest came to pray. The firing squad refused to shoot. The rebels took up their weapons and threw the officers and medics into the sea. The leader of the uprising, Sergeant Hua Kulinchuk, was injured by the first officer and fell into the sea to die.
3. "Blood for blood" shows that the revolutionary masses of Odessa saw the corpse of Huakulinchuk carried ashore in a motorboat. They were filled with indignation and supported the uprising sailors.
4. "Odessa steps", showing that the crowd greeted the sailors on the stone steps. The Tsar army rushed to shoot and shoot at the unarmed citizens, flying all over, and the sailors on the ship fired at the General Staff Headquarters and destroyed the main entrance.
5. "Combat preparation" means that the sailors of the naval fleet coming from a distance are ready for battle. The soldiers of the Tsarist Navy refused to fire at their brothers, and the red flag of the Potemkin Battleship fluttered towards the sea.
