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The Cossacks
(1928)
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This Russian drama, directed by George Hill, stars John Gilbert and Renée Adorée, with (a bald!) Ernest Torrence and Nils Asther.
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 Warner Archive Collection
2014 DVD edition
The Cossacks (1928), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated.
Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-88574-12836-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $17.95.
Release date: 28 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an excellent archival 35mm release print.
The film is accompanied by an excellent lively orchestral music score composed by Robert Israel.
This is the only home video edition of the film that we are aware of.
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Other silent era JOHN GILBERT films available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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