Provincial variations /

Jewish life was one of the exotic subjects covered in provincial films like the Latvian Wedding day ( Slovinski, 1912). The remarkably bleak melodrama Merchant Bashkirov's daughter (Larin, 1913), set on the Volga, was based on a real murder scandal.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Volga Company, Gosfilmofond, British Film Institute, Milestone Film & Video
Other Authors:	Slavinskii, Evgenii, Larin, Nikolai, Libken, Grigorii, Mintus, S., Graffy, Julian, Brand, Neil, Sargeant, Erich, Gordin I︠A︡. A. (I︠A︡kov Arkad'evich)
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	Russian
Published:	New York, N.Y. : Released by Milestone Film & Video, 1992.
Series:	Early Russian cinema ; v. 4.
Subjects:	Documentary films. Motion pictures, Russian. Short films. Russia in motion pictures. Russia. Foreign films. Silent films.

Description
Summary:	Jewish life was one of the exotic subjects covered in provincial films like the Latvian Wedding day ( Slovinski, 1912). The remarkably bleak melodrama Merchant Bashkirov's daughter (Larin, 1913), set on the Volga, was based on a real murder scandal.
Item Description:	Silent films with Russian and English subtitles and musical accompaniment. This film contains two previously released films. The Wedding day based on a play by Iakov Gordin ; Drama on the Volga is the alternative title for Merchant Bashkirov's daughter. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (55 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	Director, photography, Evgenii Slavinskii ; producer, S. Mintus (in the 1st work) ; director, screenplay, Nikolai Larin ; photography, I. Dored ; producer, Grigorii Libken (in the 2nd work) ; titles translated, Julian Graffy ; original music, Neil Brand ; producer, Erich Sargeant.