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The cigarette girl of Mosselprom /

A charming, silent romantic comedy that tells the tale of a young man who falls in love with the title character. She becomes a famous film star and herself falls in love, not with the hero, but with her cameraman. No one ever gets what he or she truly wants, though they continue to pursue their los...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Papirosnit︠s︡a ot Mosselʹproma.
Main Authors: Castellat, Charlotte (Composer, Performer), Lefebvre, David (Composer, Performer)
Corporate Authors: Mezhrabpom-filʹm (Producer), Cinémathèque de Toulouse (Producer)
Other Authors: Zheli︠a︡buzhskiĭ, Yuri (Director, Cinematographer), Fajko, Aleksei (Screenwriter), Ot︠s︡ep, Fedor Aleksandrovich, 1895-1949 (Screenwriter), Solnt͡seva, I͡U. I. (I͡Ulii͡a Ippolitovna) (Actor), Ilʹinskiĭ, Igorʹ, 1901-1987 (Actor), T︠S︡ereteli, Nikolai (Actor), Dmokhovskai︠a︡, Anna, 1892-1978 (Actor)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Silent film with musical accompaniment added; Intertitles in English; translated from Russian.
Published: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2011]
Edition:Full-frame.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Motion picture industry > Soviet Union > Drama.
Moscow (Russia) > Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Motion picture industry.
Russia (Federation) > Moscow.
Soviet Union.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Romantic comedy films.
Show business films.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Description
Summary:A charming, silent romantic comedy that tells the tale of a young man who falls in love with the title character. She becomes a famous film star and herself falls in love, not with the hero, but with her cameraman. No one ever gets what he or she truly wants, though they continue to pursue their lost dreams to the bitter end. Reveling in the unexpected throughout, it is capped by an adroit surprise ending.
Item Description:Originally released in 1924 at Mezhrabpom-Rus Studios; this version mastered from 35mm elements restored by the Cinémathèque de Toulouse in 2007.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC; region 1; 2.0 stereo.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Music, Charlotte Castellat, David Lefèbvre.