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Early Russian Cinema
Volume 8
(1912-1916)

Contents: Ukhad velikogo startsa [The Departure of a Great Old Man] (1912) and Pikovaya Dama [The Queen of Spades] (1916).

This volume focuses on the short dramatic films of Yakov Protazanov.

2009 Milestone Film & Video edition

Early Russian Cinema, Volume 8 (1912-1916),
black & white, 104 minutes total, not rated,
including Ukhad velikogo startsa [The Departure of a Great Old Man] (1912), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Pikovaya Dama [The Queen of Spades] (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video, Mile017D, UPC 7-84148-00173-9.
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 silent era YAKOV PROTAZANOV films available on home video.

Other RUSSIAN silent era films available on home video.

Collections and boxsets that contain silent era SHORT DRAMA films.

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