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Eisenstein : the sound years.

Author: Sergei EisensteinD VasilʹevSergey ProkofievNikolaĭ Konstantinovich CherkasovNikolaĭ Pavlovich OkhlopkovAll authors
Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, ©2001.
Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 86-88.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Edition/Format:   DVD video : RussianView all editions and formats
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Alexander Nevsky: Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.
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Genre/Form: Historical films
Drama
Named Person: Alexander, Grand Duke of Vladimir; Ivan, Czar of Russia; Ivan, tsar de Russie
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Sergei Eisenstein; D Vasilʹev; Sergey Prokofiev; Nikolaĭ Konstantinovich Cherkasov; Nikolaĭ Pavlovich Okhlopkov; Andreĭ Lʹvovich Abrikosov; Li︠u︡dmila T︠S︡elikovskai︠a︡; Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm."; Criterion Collection (Firm)
ISBN: 0780023250 9780780023253 078002334X 9780780023345 0780023242 9780780023246
OCLC Number: 56818900
Language Note: In Russian with optional English subtitles.
Notes: Title from set box.
Title on disc 1 container: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky.
Title on disc 2-3 container: Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible.
Alexander Nevsky originally released as motion picture in 1938. Ivan the Terrible, part 1 was produced and released in 1945. The second part was produced in 1946, but not released till 1958.
1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Special features include: (Disc 1) audio essay by film scholar David Bordwell ; Russell Merritt's multimedia essay on the Eisenstein-Prokofiev collaboration ; reconstruction of Eisenstein's unfinished film Bezhin Meadow by the Eisenstein Museum's Naum Kleiman, plus scholar Jay Leyda's photos and documents from the set ; drawings and production stills. (Disc 2-3) multimedia essay on the history of Ivan the Terrible by Joan Neuberger ; multimedia essay on Eisenstein's visual vocabulary by Yuri Tsivian ; deleted scenes.
Credits: Musical score, Sergei Prokofiev ; director of photography (Alexander Nevsky), Eduard Tissé ; camera (Ivan the Terrible) A. Moskvin, Eduard Tissé.
Cast: (Alexander Nevsky) Nikolai Cherkasov, N.P. Okhlopkov, A.L. Abrikossov, D.N. Orlov, V.K. Novikov.
(Ivan the Terrible) Nikolai Cherkasov, Ludmila Tselikovskaya, Serafima Birman, Piotr Kadochnikov.
Description: 3 videodiscs (293 min.) : sd., b&w with col. sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Contents: [Disc 1]. Aleksandr Nevskiĭ / Janus Films ; proizvodstvo kinostudii Mosfilʹm ; avtory st︠s︡enarii︠a︡, P.A. Pavlenko, S.M. Ėĭzenshteĭn ; postavnovka, S.M. Ėĭzenshteĭn, D.I. Vasilʹeva --
[Disc 2-3]. Ivan Groznyĭ / Janus Films ; avtor st︠s︡enarii︠a︡ i postanovshchik, S.M. Ėĭzenshteĭn.
Series Title: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 86-88.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Other Titles: Sergei Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky.
Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible.
Alexander Nevsky.
Ivan the Terrible.
Aleksandr Nevskiĭ (Motion picture)
Ivan Groznyĭ (Motion picture)
Eisenstein
Local System Bib Number:
179572

Abstract:

Alexander Nevsky: Biographical story of Prince Alexander Nevsky and his successful resistance against an attempt by the Teutonic Knights to invade Russia in 1242.

Ivan the Terrible: Biographical story of Tsar Ivan IV of Russia. Part I starts with the coronation of Ivan the Terrible and concludes with his return to power after the death of his wife. Part II covers the attempt to assassinate him in 1564. The third part of the saga was never made due to the death of Eisenstein.

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