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Early
Russian Cinema

Volume 1, Beginnings
Volume 2, Folklore and Legend

(1908-1912)

 

Contents: Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow (1908), A Fish Factory in Astrakhan’ (1908), A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding (1908), Sten’ka Razin (1908), Princess Tarakanova (1910), Rusalka (1910), Romance with a Double-Bass (1911) and Bratya Razboiniki [The Brigand Brothers] (1912).

This disc contains the programs Volume 1, Beginnings, and Volume 2, Folklore and Legends.

coverThe Milestone Cinematheque
2007 DVD edition

Early Russian Cinema, Volume 1, Beginnings, and Volume 2, Folklore and Legend (1908-1912), black & white, 83 minutes total, not rated, including Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Fish Factory in Astrakhan’ (1908), black & white, 6 minutes, not rated, A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sten’ka Razin (1908), black & white, 9 minutes, not rated, Princess Tarakanova (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Rusalka (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Romance with a Double-Bass (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Bratya Razboiniki [The Brigand Brothers] (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video, Mile010D, UPC 7-84148-00104-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, permanent English language subtitles; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 2007
Country of origin: USA

Originally produced for home video by the British Film Institute in 1991 and released in the USA on VHS videotape by Milestone Film & Video, this ten-volume (nine-disc) collection of prerevolutionary Russian film productions is now available on NTSC DVD-R discs.

Sten’ka Razin (1908) includes a videotape time code in the lower left corner of the picture and runs the length of the film.

The film are accompanied with piano music scores by Neil Brand.

 
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other SHORT DRAMA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

 
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