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  1. Chapayev (1935 Film)

    Director
    Georgi Vasiliev; Sergei Vasiliev
    Subject
    History; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Chapayev was a Red Army commander who fought against Czech and Kolchak forces in the Civil War. He was killed in action and became a folk hero when a book about him was published in the early twenties by his...

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  2. Happiness (1934)

    Director
    Alexander Medvedkin
    Subject
    Film studies; Russian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 66 minutes), 15.00 Euros

    The film that Medvedkin himself considered his greatest achievement, HAPPINESS is a cinematic folktale in which a poor, idle peasant is sent out by his wife to find happiness. Unfortunately his quest his...

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  3. 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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  4. October (1928)

    aka: Sergei Eisenstein’s October

    Director
    Sergei Eisenstein
    Subject
    History; Russian studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £24.99

    Eisenstein’s feature film was reissued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Revolution which it reconstructs. Original negatives from the world’s film archives were collected to present a print which...

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  5. Battleship Potemkin (1925 Video)

    Director
    Sergei Eisenstein
    Subject
    History; Media studies; Politics & government
    Distribution
    Sale (video - retail), Videocassette. VHS. sd (music only). b&w. 70 min.

    Feature film reconstructing the events which took place in the town of Odessa during the Social Democratic movement of 1905-1907.

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  6. 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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  7. History of the Red Army (2 Vols) (Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 52 min. each, 2001 sale: £2.99 (inclusive) each

    Traces the history of the Red Army of workers and peasants from its formation during the post-revolution turmoil in 1918 to its development as the world’s most highly equipped standing army. Uses recently...

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  8. Kremlin (Video)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Laservision interactive videodisc.

    A surveys of the grounds and ornate interiors of the Kremlin - the palaces of the Czars, the modern government offices, the baroque halls, and the Byzantine cathedrals. The disc contains three audio tracks,...

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  9. Teffpunk Kultur [10/05/2004] (Television)

    Subject
    Drama

    Austrian arts magazine television series. This episode includes an item (duration unknown) about a Russian production of King Lear from Taiga which was presented at the 2004 Viennese Festival. Presented by...

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  10. Agriculture in Russia, Vol. 1

    Subject
    Agriculture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.95

    This German programme, which has a full commentary in English, concentrates on an area south-west of Moscow and close to the border with Ukraine. Noted for the fertility of its soil, the region hosts some...

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