Battleship Potemkin = Bronenoset͡s Potemkin

Author

Sergei Eisenstein

Call Number

• DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Languages

Silent, with English or Russian intertitles.

Performers

Aleksandr Antonov, Grigori Aleksandrov, Vladimir Barsky, Mikhail Gomorov, Aleksandr Levshin.

Publication Information

New York : Kino International, [2007]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (69 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([7] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Odessa, 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin, the ship's loyal crew contemplates the unthinkable--mutiny. Seizing control of the Potemkin and raising the red flag of revolution, the sailors' revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot heels of the Czar's Cossacks. When ruthless White Russian cavalry arrives to crush the rebellion on the sandstone Odessa Steps, the most famous and most quoted film sequence in cinema history is born.

Notes

Title from container.

"All new restoration"--Container.

"With the original Meisel orchestral score"--Container.

"From the series 'The year 1905'"--Container.

"Restored under the direction of Enno Patalas"--Container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1925.

Special features: "Tracing Battleship Potemkin," a 42-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film ; The restored film with newly-translated English intertitles ; The restored film with original Russian intertitles (and optional English subtitles) ; The original 1926 Edmund Meisel score, performed by the Deutsches Filmorchestra, presented in 5.1 stereo surround ; photo gallery.

Contents

• Disc 1: Restored film with English intertitles ; documentary ; special features
• Disc 2: Restored film with Russian intertitles and optional English subtitles.