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Le cuirasse Potemkine : La ligne générale /

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DVD. Le cuirasse Potemkine: 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. (72 min.) La ligne générale: A Russian peasant woman is converted t...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bronenoset͡s "Potemkin" (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Films sans frontières (Firm)
Other Authors: Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, Antonov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1898-1962, Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984, Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, Tisse, Ė. (Ėduard), 1893-1961, Lapkina, Marfa, Buzenkov, Vasili
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Both films are silent films with Russian intertitles and with optional English or French subtitles and music score.
Published: Paris : Films sans frontiéres, 2002.
Subjects:
Bronenoset͡s "Potemkin" > Drama.
Russia > History > Revolution, 1905-1907 > Drama.
Foreign films.
Silent films.
Motion pictures, Soviet.
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Summary:DVD. Le cuirasse Potemkine: 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. (72 min.) La ligne générale: A Russian peasant woman is converted to socialist agricultural principles and fights superstition and bureaucracy to create a cooperative in her community (120 min.).
Item Description:The first movie released in the USSR under the title Bronenoset︠s︡ "Potemkin" (Battleship Potemkin). Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1925; restored in the Soviet Union in 1976.
The second movie released in 1929 in the USSR under the title Staroye i novoye (Old and new). Originally the title was planned to be Generalnaya linya (The general line), by which it is now frequently known.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (192 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; PAL; all regions.
Production Credits:In Le cuirasse Potemkine: producer, Jacob Bliokh ; screenplay writer, Nune Adadzhanove-Shutka ; camera, Edward Tisse ; music, Dmitri Shostokovich. In La ligne générale: director and editor, S.M. Eisenstein ; scenario, S.M. Eisenstein ; assistant director, G.V. Alexandrov ; photography, Eduard Tissé.