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Sergei Eisenstein
Silent Classics
Volume One

(1924-1928)

 

Contents: Strike (1924), Battleship Potemkin (1925) and October (1928).

coverTartan Video
2010 DVD edition

Sergei Eisenstein: Silent Classics, Volume One (1924-1928), black & white, 255 minutes total, BBFC Classification 12, including Strike (1924), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification 12, Battleship Potemkin (1925), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification 12, and October (1928), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Classification 12.

Tartan Video,
unknown catalogue number, unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; three-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase?; £59.99.
Release date: 12 July 2010.
Country of origin: England
This PAL DVD collection of Sergei Eisenstein films has likely been mastered from 35mm materials.

The films are accompanied by music scores composed by Ed Hughes and performed by the New Music Players, conducted by Patrick Bailey, with two alternative vintage soundtracks for Battleship Potemkin, one composed by Kryukov, the other by Edmund Meisel.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

 
This Region 0 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
Other silent era SERGEI EISENSTEIN films available on home video.

Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

 
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