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Earth [videorecording] ; Chess fever ; The end of St. Petersburg.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: K298 | Kino on VideoPublication details: New York : Kino on Video [distributor], 2003.Edition: Special Kino on Video edDescription: 1 videodisc (186 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Original title in Russian: Zemlya
  • Original title in Russian: Shakmatnaya goryachka
  • Original title in Russian: Konyets Sankt-Peterburga
  • Title from container: Dovzhenko's Earth
  • Title from container: Pudovkin's Chess fever
  • Title from container: Pudovkin's The end of St. Petersburg
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Earth: written & directed by Alexander Dovzhenko ; photographed by Danylo Demutsky.
  • Chess fever: directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin & Nikolai Shpikovsky ; music by Roger White.
  • End of Saint-Petersburg: directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin ; written by Nathan Zarkhi ; photographed by Anatoli Golovnya ; edited by Aleksandr Dovzhenko.
Summary: Earth: Workers on Ukrainian farms struggle to use the land for what they think are the best purposes. Reflects the agricultural collectivization that existed in the Soviet Union at the time this film was made.Summary: Chess fever: A young man's passion for the game threatens to wreck his marriage.Summary: End of Saint-Petersburg: A view of changing conditions in Russia as interpreted by a young peasant who lived through the upheaval in St. Petersburg which culminated in revolution in 1917. Surveys the events of the war years, the overthrow of the Czarist regime, and the final establishment of the people's government and the transition from St. Petersburg to Leningrad.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1758 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050129533

"Three complete classics of the Soviet avant-garde"--Container.

DVD format.

Silent with English subtitles.

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