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War and Peace (1967) (2006)

Director

Sergei Bondarchuk

Subject

Literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 431 minutes), £19.99

An epic Russian version of Tolstoy’s classic tale.with a cast of thousands, stupendous sets and backgrounds, grand balls and palaces all adding to the authenticity. DVD extras include interviews with...

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Nameless Star, A (2003)

aka: Bezymyannaya Zvezda

Subject

Drama; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (NTSC, 130 minutes), $25.00

Based on the 1943 stage play, "Steaua Fara Nume" by Romanian Jewish writer Iosef Hechter, writing under the pen name Mihail Sebastian (1907-1945). This version was made for television in 1978, but there was...

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Fall of the Romanov Dynasty, The (2002 Film)

aka: Padeniye Dinasti Romanovikh

Director

Esther Shub

Subject

FE; History

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 87 minutes), £19.99

This and its companion film THE GREAT WAY are remarkable examples of early historical compilation films. After painstaking research, with Shub examining each frame of available material, they were produced...

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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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Michael Nyman’s Man with a Movie Camera (2002)

Subject

Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 68 min), £15.99 (inc)

A montage of Moscow life showing the people of the city at work and at play, and the machines that keep the city going. Dziga Vertov used all the cinematic techniques at his disposal - dissolves, split...

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Romeo I Dzhuletta (2002 Audio)

aka: Romeo and Juliet

Director

Aleksei Batalov

Subject

Drama

A commercial sound recording of a radio broadcast first transmitted in Russia in 1986. Romeo and Juliet is directed by Aleksei Bhatalov with Anna Kamenkova and E. Gerasimov in the title roles.

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Glory of the Bolshoi (2001 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

A compilation of archive film footage featuring the Bolshoi Ballet on tour in the mid-20th century. Sequences include Swan Lake - White Swan Pas de Deux, The Nutcracker - Pas de Trois, Etude, Spartacus and...

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Glory of the Kirov (2001 Video)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

DVD

Material from the Russian archives, mostly in black and white. Highlights include the 19-year-old Nureyev in Le Corsaire and a year later in Laurencia, Baryshnikov in a 1969 television ballet, Marakova in...

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Immaterial Bodies: A Cultural Analysis of Early Russian Films (2001)

Subject

Media studies; Russian studies

Distribution

Sale, CD-ROM (PC Version, 129 minutes), £27.99

A CD-ROM exploring Russian cinema before 1919 in the context of life and culture in pre-revolutionary Russia. There are over 100 film clips (55 mins), 74 minutes of analysis and commentary by film scholar...

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Shakespeare Dance Trilogy (1999 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet Moor’s Pavane, The Hamlet

Director

A. Murgazin

Producer

Felix Slidovker

Subject

Dance

Three dances inspired by Shakespeare’s works danced by members of the Kirov Ballet and recorded on location at a medieval castle. The dances are linked by the framing device of a troupe of players. Romeo...

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