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Wladislaw Starewicz
Films
(1912-1958)

Contents: The Cameraman’s Revenge (1912), The Insects’ Christmas (1913), The Frogs Who Wanted a King (1922), The Voice of the Nightingale (1923), The Mascot (1933) and Caroussel Boréal (1958).

2005 Image Entertainment edition

The Cameraman’s Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales (1912-1958), color-toned black & white, color-tinted black & white and color, 80 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID2613DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-26132-5.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono and stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops, keep case, $19.99.
DVD release date: 4 January 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Edition producer David Shepard has reissued this 1993 compilation of Wladislaw Starewicz films, previously available on DVD from Milestone Film & Video. The collection of short films ranges throughout Starewicz’s long career as a stop-motion animator in Russia and France.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2000 Milestone Film & Video edition

The Cameraman’s Revenge & Other Fantastic Tales (1912-1958), black & white and color, 80 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID9407MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-94072-5.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono and stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 6 chapter stops, snapper case, $24.95.
DVD release date: 10 October 2000.
Country of origin: USA

This out-of-print edition of Starewicz films is virtually identical to the Image edition above. Collectors will want to find this disc used or purchase the currently available Image edition.

Other RUSSIAN silent era films available on home video.

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