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Strike (1924)

Director

Sergei Eisenstein

Subject

Film studies; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 94 minutes), £24.99 (MM) £19.99 (E)

Sergei Eisenstein’s first film, portraying a 1912 strike of factory workers which is brutally put down by the authorities. The version released in 2012 by Moviemail in the Classic Russian Cinema series is...

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Stanislavski Century, The

Director

Peter Hercombe

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 156 minutes), £145.00 [Institutional rate]

This documentary examines the life and work of Russian actor and theatre director Constantin Stanislavski. Set against the historical background of revolutionary Russia and featuring rare footage, the...

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Storm over Asia (1928 Video)

aka: Potomok Chingis-Khana

Director

Vsevolod I Pudovkin

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

DVD

Set in Mongolia under the rule of British occupational forces, tells the story of a young trapper who appears to be the long-lost descendant of Genghis Khan. The people plan to set him up as Prince Genghis...

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Dmitri Shostakovich: Sonata for Viola (2005)

Subject

Music; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 75 minutes), £16.99

Banned in the USSR until 1985, Sonata for Viola documents the life of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich. In addition to being a portrait of a musical genius, the film bears witness to the joy of modern...

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Isadora Duncan Masterworks 1905 - 1923. Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble (2008)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), £19.56

This DVD contains reconstructions of 10 short pieces choreographed by Isadora Duncan, performed by the Isadora Duncan Dance Ensemble under the direction of Andrea Mantell Seidel with resident guest artist...

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Taiga Nomads (3 Parts) (1992 Video)

Director

Heimo Lappalainen

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 3 x 50 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

Documentary series about the Evenki (formerly the Tungus), who are scattered all over eastern Siberia. They are a nomadic tribe who move with the household and reindeer throughout the year, never having a...

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Story of the Kgb: The Professionals, The (1994 Video)

Subject

History

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. b&w./col. 55 min., 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive)

During Stalin’s rule, the Soviet secret police subordinated to the NKVD - the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs - providing him with a tool to maintain his reign of terror. Led by Yagoda, Yezhov...

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Mad Love: Three Films by Evgenii Bauer (2002)

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 182 min), £19.99

Three films made by the Russian pioneer Evgenii Bauer, highlighting his preoccupation with doomed love and death as well as his creative use of light and mastery of camera movement. He was one of Russia’s...

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Can Polar Bears Tread Water? (1989 Video)

Director

Lawrence Moore

Producer

Lawrence Moore

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1993 sale: £30.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the causes and consequences of global climate change. If the predictions in this programme come true, the heating up of the earth’s atmosphere brought about by man-made pollution could in time not...

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Baby in a Frame (1996 Video)

Director

Fiona Holmes

Producer

Fiona Holmes

Subject

Medical sciences

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 30 min., 1997 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Charts the progress of a 6-month-old British baby born with a club foot as he undergoes orthopaedic treatment pioneered in Russia some 40 years ago but never before performed on such a young child. The...

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