| Edition |
Special edition, full frame. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sound & silent, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"From the series 'The year 1905'" -- Container. |
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Originally produced as a Russian motion picture in 1925. |
| System Details |
DVD; 5.1 stereo surround, 2.0 stereo ; full-frame 1.33:1) presentation. |
| Cast |
Alexander Antonov, Grigori Alexandrov, Vladimir Barski, Mikhail Gomorov, Aleksandr Levshin. |
| Credits |
Head cinematographer, Eduard Tisse ; reconstruction under the direction of Enno Patalas in collaboration with Anna Bohn ; film editing, Sala Deinema ; colorization, Gerhard Ullmann ; English title editing, Ron Heidt ; music (1926), Edmund Meisel ; adaptation and instrumentation (2005), Helmet Imig. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Russian silent motion picture in 1925. |
| Summary |
Sergei Eisenstein was commissioned by the Soviet government to make a movie commemorating the failed uprising of 1905, a mere 20 years after the actual incident. Eisenstein duly hails as heroes the people whose actions were regarded as traitorous in 1905. It began when sailors on the Potemkin protested that the meat they were being fed was maggot infested. In response, the commander ordered that ten random sailors to be executed by firing squad, at which the crew turned on the officers and killed them all. The oppressed people of Odessa joined the revolt to show their rejection of the czarist regime--which sent Cossack troops--who then mowed down both rioters and innocent citizens without mercy. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Special features: Tracing the Battleship Potemkin, a 42-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; The original 1926 Edmund Meisel score, performed by the Duetsches Filmorchestra ; Photo gallery. |
| Language |
Silent film with English intertitles (disc 1) or Russian intertitles with optional English subtitles (disc 2). |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Bronenoset︠s︡ "Potemkin" -- Drama.
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Mutiny -- Drama.
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Sailors -- Drama.
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Historic ships -- Drama.
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Navies -- Officers -- Drama.
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Odesa (Ukraine) -- Drama.
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Russia -- History -- 1801-1917 -- Drama.
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Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907 -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
War films.
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Silent films.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, Russian.
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| Added Author |
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948.
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Bliokh, I︠A︡kov, 1895-1957.
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Agadzhanova, Nina Ferdinandovna, 1889-1974.
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Meisel, Edmund, 1894-1930.
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Antonov, Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1898-1962.
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Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984.
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Barsky, Vladimir, 1889-1936.
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Gomorov, Mikhail.
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Levshin, Aleksandr.
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Demenok, Artem.
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Arnold, Loy.
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Patalas, Enno.
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Kleĭman, N. I. (Naum I.)
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Imig, Helmut, 1941-
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Zischler, Hanns, 1947-
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Bennett, Bruce, 1970-
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Filmmuseum Berlin--Deutsche Kinemathek.
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Transit Film.
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Kino International Corporation.
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| Note |
Title on container label: Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin |
| Standard No. |
738329055820 |
| Music No. |
K558 Kino International (set) |
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K558A Kino International (Disc 1) |
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K558B Kino International (Disc 2) |
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