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The Burning
Crucible
[Le Brasier ardent]
(1923)
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This feature drama, directed by and starring Ivan Mosjoukine, features Nathalie Lissenko, Nicolas Koline, Camille Bardou, François Zellas and Huguette de la Croix.
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 Flicker Alley
2013 DVD edition
French Masterworks: Russian émigrés in Paris 1923-1928 (1923-1928), black & white and color-toned black & white, 660 minutes, not rated, including The Burning Crucible [Le Brasier ardent] (1923), color-toned black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0029,
UPC 6-17311-67659-8, ISBN 1893967654.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (five DVDs in the set); 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; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; five-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase; $59.95.
Release date: 14 May 2013 (prerelease announced date: 30 April 2013).
Country of origin: USA
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Our first look at this DVD edition was quite favorable, with the disc mastered from excellent 35mm materials held by La Cinémathèque française.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand.
The edition is accompanied by a 28-page booklet with an essay by Lenny Borger, with notes on the films of the collection.
We enthusiastically recommend this edition of The Burning Crucible. Unfortunately, the edition is now out-of-print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era IVAN MOSJOUKINE films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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