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Mother
(1926)
on

2000 Image Entertainment edition

Mother (1926), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID4579CODVD, UPC 0-14381-45792-6.
Full-frame 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 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 10 chapter stops, snapper case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 19 January 1999.
Country of origin: USA

We have previously seen the film in its 1990s laserdisc edition, and that edition was of very-good visual quality. However, most Russian films appear to have survived and been preserved in less than ideal condition.

Our first look at this early DVD edition shows that producer Corinth Films makes the most of a slightly flat and dark source print that nonetheless impresses from time to time with its image detail.

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.

200? Continental Home Video edition

Mother (1926), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated.

Continental Home Video, unknown catalog number, UPC 7-896748-20960-6.
Full-frame 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 stereo sound, Russian? language intertitles, English, Portuguese and Spanish subtitles, chapter stops, keep case?, unknown suggested retail price.
DVD release date: 200?.
Country of origin: Brazil?

This South American edition showed up for sale in the US on eBay. It appears to have been transferred from different materials than the Image edition noted above.

Other Russian silent era films available on DVD home video:
Aelita (1924)
Arsenal (1928)
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Bed and Sofa (1927)
By the Law (1926)
The Cameraman’s Revenge and Other Fantastic Tales: Ladislaw Starewicz (1912-1958)
Chess Fever (1925)
Earth (1930)
The End of St. Petersburg (1927)
The Girl with the Hatbox (1927)
Glumov’s Diary (1923)
Kino-Eye (1924)
Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer (1913-1917)
Man with the Movie Camera (1929)
My Grandmother (1929)
October (1928)
Old and New (1929)
Storm Over Asia (1928)
Strike (1924)
Zvenigora (1927)

About Russian filmmakers:
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)

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