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Battleship Potemkin (Blu-Ray) (1925)
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| Starring: | Aleksandr Antonov, Vladimir Barsky, Grigori Aleksandrov, Ivan Bobrov, Mikhail Gomorov |
| Director: | Sergei Eisenstein |
| Genre: | Blu-Ray, Drama, Silent |
| Year: | 1925 |
| Studio: | Kino Video |
| Length: | 69 minutes |
| Released: | April 20, 2010 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Full Screen, Black & White |
| Language: | English (Subtitled), Russian (Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:Odessa - 1905. Enraged with the deplorable conditions on board the armored cruiser Potemkin and raising the red flag of revolution, the sailors' revolt becomes the rallying point for a Russian populace ground under the boot hells 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.
For eight decades, Sergei Eisenstein's masterpiece has remained one the most influential films of all time. Yet each successive generation has seen Battleship Potemkin subjected to censorship and recutting, its unforgettable power diluted in unauthorized editions from dubious sources. Until now, Kino is proud to join the Deutsche Kinematek in association with Russia's Goskinofilm, the British Film Institute, Bundesfilm Archive Berlin, and the Munich Film Museum in presenting this all new 1080P HD Transfered restoration of Battleship Potemkin for the first time ever in high definition Blu-ray.
Dozens of missing shots have been replaced, and all 146-title cards restored to Eisenstein's specifications. Edmund Meisel's definitive 1926 score, magnificently rendered by the 55-piece Deutches Filmorchestra in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, returns Eisenstein's masterwork to a form as close to its creator's bold vision as has been seen since the film s triumphant 1925 Moscow premiere.
The restored film has newly-translated English intertitles as well as original Russian intertitles (and optional English subtitles).
BONUS FEATURES:
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"Tracing Battleship Potemkin," a 42-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film
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