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This film was Fridrikh Ermler's last silent feature and last of four productively contentious collaborations with the method actor Fiodor Nikitin. To prepare for his part as Filimonov, a soldier suffering from total amnesia due to shell shock from the Great War, Nikitin apparently disguised him...

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Corporate Authors: EYE Film Instituut Nederland, Gosfilʹmofond Rossii, San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Other Authors: Ėrmler, Fridrikh, 1898-1967 (Screenwriter), Vinogradskai︠a︡, Katerina (Screenwriter), Gerasimov, S. A. (Sergeĭ Apollinarievich), 1906-1985 (Actor), Nikitin, Fedor, 1900-1988 (Actor), Gudkin, I︠a︡kov Matveevich, 1905-1979 (Actor), Semyonova, Ludmilla, 1899-1990 (Actor), Shneĭder, Evgeniĭ (director of photography.), Deshevov, Vladimir, 1889-1955 (composer (expression)), Horne, Stephen, 1963- (Performer, composer (expression),), Bockius, Frank, 1964- (Performer, composer (expression),), Hurk, Daan van den (Performer)
Format: Conference Proceeding Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent film with Russian intertitles with optional English subtitles and piano accompaniment.
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : Flicker Alley, [2019]
Edition:Deluxe dual format edition.
Subjects:
Amnesiacs > Drama.
Amnesia > Drama.
Brain > Wounds and injuries > Drama.
Soviet Union > Social life and customs > 1917-1970 > Drama.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Personal narratives > Drama.
Soviet Union > History > Revolution, 1917-1921 > Casualties > Drama.
Saint Petersburg (Russia) > Drama.
Amnesia.
Battle casualties.
Brain > Wounds and injuries.
Manners and customs.
Russia (Federation) > Saint Petersburg.
Soviet Union.
1917-1970
War films.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Drama.
Fiction films.
History.
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Summary:This film was Fridrikh Ermler's last silent feature and last of four productively contentious collaborations with the method actor Fiodor Nikitin. To prepare for his part as Filimonov, a soldier suffering from total amnesia due to shell shock from the Great War, Nikitin apparently disguised himself as a doctor's assistant in the Forel Psychiatric Clinic to study actual amnesia patients. Meanwhile, Ermler creates a profoundly realistic and moving portrait of a man whose memories begin to awaken.
Item Description:Originally issued as part of deluxe Blu-ray/DVD dual format set edition.
Title from original title frames.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1929.
Restored by Eye Filmmuseum, Gosfilmofond of Russia, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Film accompanied by a choice of two musical scores: a new score composed and performed by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius and an adaptation of Vladimir Deshevov's 1929 original piano score performed by Daan van den Hurk.
Bonus features: Restoring Fragment of an empire: a demonstration of the film's restoration produced by film restorer Robert Byrne; commentary soundtrack featuring Russian film historian and curator Peter Bagrov and film restorer Robert Byrne; poster gallery: original poster artwork and vintage marketing materials; and souvenir booklet: featuring an essay by Russian film historian and curator, Peter Bagrov, on the historical importance of this film in Soviet cinema.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray disc, Region A, B, C; full screen 1.33:1 aspect ratio; requires Blu-ray player.
Production Credits:Photography, Evgeniĭ Shneĭder; composer, Vladimir Deshevor.