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Old and New
(1929)

2006 Films-sans-frontières edition

Old and New [The General Line] (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with Glumov’s Diary (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Strike (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Battleship Potemkin (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, October (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sentimental Romance (1930), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Que Viva Mexico! (1932), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Bezhin Meadow (1937), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Alexander Nevsky (1938), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Ivan the Terrible (1944), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Films-sans-frontières, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, four single-sided?, dual-layered? DVD discs, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo? sound, Russian language intertitles, French and English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, €90,00.
DVD release date: 2006.
Country of origin: France

We have not viewed this edition, but have received reports that the visual quality ranges from very-good to excellent. This edition features a music score by Meisel.

This Region 2 PAL DVD is available directly from Films-sans-frontières.

Other silent era Sergei Eisenstein films available on home video:
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Glumov’s Diary (1923)
October (1928)
Strike (1924)

Plus:
Earth (1930) with 31-minute reconstruction of Sergei Eisenstein’s Bezhin Meadow (1937)

About Sergei Eisenstein:
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)

Other RUSSIAN silent era films available on home video.

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