Mockery.
While scavenging for food among dead bodies during the Russian Revolution, a slow-witted peasant named Sergei is hired by a desperate woman to guide her out of the carnage. In exchange for promises of friendship and a secure future, he endures torture to save her. The woman turns out to be a countes...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
Warner Home Video,
2010.
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| Series: | Archive collection.
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| Summary: | While scavenging for food among dead bodies during the Russian Revolution, a slow-witted peasant named Sergei is hired by a desperate woman to guide her out of the carnage. In exchange for promises of friendship and a secure future, he endures torture to save her. The woman turns out to be a countess, the friendship and secure future become a degrading job in her kitchen and Sergei, inflamed by proletarian ideals, embraces violence. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |