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Early Russian Cinema
Volumes 1-2
(1908-1912)

Contents: Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow (1908), A Fish Factory in Astrakhan’ (1908), A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding (1908), Sten’ka Razin (1908), Princess Tarakanova (1910), Rusalka (1910), Romance with a Double-Bass (1911) and Bratya Razboiniki [The Brigand Brothers] (1912).

This disc contains the programs Volume 1, Beginnings, and Volume 2, Folklore and Legends.

2009 Milestone Film & Video edition

Early Russian Cinema, Volumes 1-2 (1908-1912), black & white, 100 minutes total, not rated,
including Drama in a Gypsy Camp Near Moscow (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Fish Factory in Astrakhan’ (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, A Sixteenth Century Russian Wedding (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sten’ka Razin (1908), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Princess Tarakanova (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Rusalka (1910), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Romance With a Double-Bass (1911), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Bratya Razboiniki [The Brigand Brothers] (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video, Mile010D, UPC 7-84148-00104-3.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, Russian language intertitles, permanent English language subtitles, chapter stops, slimline keep cases, $24.95.
DVD release date: 1 February 2009
Country of origin: USA

Originally produced for home video by the British Film Institute in 1992 and released in the USA on VHS videotape by Milestone Film & Video, this ten-volume (nine-disc) collection of prerevolutionary Russian film productions is now available on NTSC DVD-R discs. Musical accompaniment by Neil Brand.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Milestone Film & Video.

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

Other SHORT DRAMA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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