The film is likely accompanied by a music score composed and performed by a number of musicians.

Supplementary material includes audio commentary for Mother (1926) by historian Peter Bagrov; audio commentary for Storm Over Asia by historian Jan-Christopher Horak; a presentation of the comedy Chess Fever (1925); the short film Notebooks of a Tourist Presents: St. Petersburg (circa 1920); the short film Amateur Images of St. Petersburg (1930); a comparison of Pudovkin’s “Five Principles of Editing”; “A Revolution in Five Moves,” a visual essay showcasing the five edits that inspired the Bolshevik revolution; and a 16-page insert booklet featuring a new essay by film author and historian Amy Sargeant.

This collection may contain the best-available home video edition of this film but note the shorter running time than the Kino and FPS editions listed below.

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This DVD edition has been mastered from 35mm elements of very-good quality. This is the same video master that was prepared for release on VHS videotape and laserdisc in the 1990s.

The film is presented with permanent yellow English subtitles over the Russian intertitles. The orchestral music score is the existing optical soundtrack from the source print.

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This DVD edition is touted (by Film Preservation Associates) to be mastered from the best print available, which is the 1975 American release print prepared by the Eastin-Phelan Corporation (1970s owners of the Blackhawk Films collection) from the 1969 Gosfilmofond restoration. Film Preservation Associates succeeded Eastin-Phelan in ownership of the Blackhawk Films collection and so owns the 35mm source material. The video transfer was prepared by Kino International in 1991 for release on VHS videotape and was subsequently issued on laserdisc by Film Preservation Associates in 1996.

The film is accompanied by the monaural orchestral music soundtrack from the 1969 restoration version.

But, obviously, we cannot recommend one edition or another until viewed.

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North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

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The film is accompanied by the optical synchronized soundtrack from the source print.

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The film is accompanied by the optical synchronized soundtrack from the source print.

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