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The Battleship Potemkin /

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Re-creates the 1905 mutiny on the battleship "Prince Potemkin." It focuses on a mutiny by the battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians, reflecting the spirit of the times.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bronenoset͡s "Potemkin" (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Goskino Rossii, Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, Kino International Corporation
Other Authors: Bliokh, I͡Akov, 1895-1957, Agadzhanova, Nina Ferdinandovna, 1889-1974, Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, Meisel, Edmund, 1894-1930, Antonov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1898-1962, Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984, Barsky, Vladimir, 1889-1936, Gomorov, Mikhail, Levshin, Aleksandr, Patalas, Enno, Bennett, Bruce, 1906-2007
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Russian
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles (disc 1) or Russian intertitles with optional English subtitles (disc 2).
Published: New York : Kino International, [2007]
Edition:Fullscreen format (1.33:1).
Subjects:
Bronenoseëtìs "Potemkin" > Drama.
Russia > History > Revolution, 1905-1907 > Drama.
Feature films.
Historical films.
Silent films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical > Feature.
Description
Summary:Re-creates the 1905 mutiny on the battleship "Prince Potemkin." It focuses on a mutiny by the battleship's crew and the subsequent massacre of civilians, reflecting the spirit of the times.
Item Description:Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1925.
Collective title from container.
Title on disc 1 title frame "Battleship Potemkin from the series 'The year 1905'"
Title on disc 2 title frame "Bronenoseëtìs Potemkin."
"All new restoration"--Container.
Restored under the direction of Enno Patalas.
Presented in association with Deutsche Kinemathek Museum fèur Film und Fernsehen.
Includes the original 1926 Edmund Meisel score, performed by the Deutsches Filmorchestra Babelsberg and conducted by Helmut Imig.
Container insert includes historical notes regarding the original production by film critic Bruce Bennett.
Special features (disc 1): "Tracing the Battleship Potemkin," a documentary on the making and restoration of the film (43 min.); "Behind the scenes" photo gallery; deleted scenes photo gallery; promotional materials photo gallery.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (7 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format:DVD; region 1; 5.1 surround, 2.0 stereo.
Audience:MPAA: Not rated.
Production Credits:Cinematography by Eduard Tisse ; music by Edmund Meisel, adaptation and instrumentation, Helmet Imig.