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Earth (1930)/The End Of St. Petersburg (1927)/Chess Fever (1925)

  
Format:  Earth (1930)/The End Of St. Petersburg (1927)/Chess Fever DVD 
 
 
Triple bill of pioneering Russian silent films opens with "Earth," Alexander Dovzhenko's classic drama of a Ukrainian farming village and the changes that a young, pro-collectivization farmer struggles to bring about. Next, the state of Russia before and during the Revolution is seen through the eyes of a peasant who comes to the title city in "The End Of St. Petersburg," starring Ivan Chistiakov; followed by the humorous "Chess Fever," a send-up of the International Chess Tournament and how it nearly ruins a young man's marriage. 186 min. total. Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.
 
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Category:
Silents
Director:
Aleksandr Dovzhenko
Rated:
NR
Color:
Black & White
Format: 
Fullscreen
Closed Captioned:
 No
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