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Three complete classics of the Soviet avant-garde.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Kino on Video, ©2003.
Description1 videodisc (186 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorShkurat, Stepan Iosifovich, 1886-1973.
Other author/creatorSvashenko, Semën Andreevich, 1904-1969.
Other author/creatorSolnt︠s︡eva, I︠U︡. I. (I︠U︡lii︠a︡ Ippolitovna)
Other author/creatorMaksimova, E. (Elena), 1905-1986.
Other author/creatorChisti︠a︡kov, Aleksandr Petrovich, 1880-1942.
Other author/creatorBaranovskaya, Vera, 1885-1935.
Other author/creatorCapablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942.
Other author/creatorFogelʹ, Vladimir Petrovich, 1902-1929.
Other author/creatorZemt︠s︡ova, A. (Anna)
Other author/creatorDovz︠h︡enko, Oleksandr Petrovych, 1894-1956.
Other author/creatorPudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich, 1893-1953.
Other author/creatorZarkhi, Natan, 1900-1935.
Other author/creatorShpikovskiĭ, N. G., 1897-1977.
Other author/creatorKino International Corporation.
Other author/creatorVUFKU (Firm)
Other author/creatorMezhrabpom-filʹm.
Variant title Title on disc: Earth ; Chess fever ; The end of St. Petersburg
Variant title Other title on container: Dovzhenko's Earth ; Pudovkin's The end of St. Petersburg ; and Chess fever
Contents Earth / produced at the VUFKU Studios ; written and directed by Alexander Dorzhenko (69 min.) -- The end of St. Petersburg (89 min.) / produced by Mezhrabpom-RUS Studio ; directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin ; scenarist, Natan Zarkhu -- Chess Fever (28 min.) / directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky.
General noteSilent films with Russian intertitles and English subtitles, with added musical soundtrack.
General noteTitle from container.
General noteEarth originally produced as a motion picture in 1930 and restored in 1971. The end of St. Petersburg originally produced as a motion picture in 1927 and restored with new soundtrack in 1969. Chess fever originally produced as a motion picture in 1925.
General noteAspect ratio 1.33:1.
CreditsEarth: cinematographer, Daniil Demut︠s︡kiĭ ; score composed and conducted by V. Ovchianikov ; English translation of title, Stephen P. Hill. The end of St. Petersburg: restoration director, Dmitri Vasiliev ; director of photography, Anatoli Golovnia ; restoration editor, Esfir Tobak ; music, Vladimir Lurovski ; English translation, Stephen P. Hill. Chess fever: photographed by Anatoly Golovny ; music composed and performed by Roger White.
Performer Earth cast: Stepan Shkurat (Opanas's father), Semën Svashenko (Vasili Opanas), IU︠l︡ia Solnt︠s︡eva (Vasili's Sister), Elena Maksimova (Natali︠a︡); The end of St. Petersburg cast: Aleksandr Chisti︠a︡kov (the Communist working man), Vera Baranovskai︠a︡ (his wife); Chess fever cast: Kh. R. Kapablanka (world chess champion), V. Fogelʹ (hero), A. Zemt︠s︡ova (heroine).
Technical detailsDVD.
Genre/formPropaganda, Communist Soviet Union.
Genre/formSilent films.
Genre/formComedy films.
Contains title Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga (Motion picture)
Contains title Shakhmatnai︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka (Motion picture)
Contains title Zemli︠a︡ (Motion picture)
Other titlePudovkin's The end of St. Petersburg.
UPC 738329029821
Publisher numberK298 Kino on Video

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