ARSENAL

The struggles with collectivization in the Ukraine of 1918. Dovzhenko' presents a highly symbolic and lyrical account of his homeland's emergence from feudalism into communism by juxtaposing folklore, drama, comedy and caricature.

Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. Script; Alexander Dovzhenko. Photo; Danylo Demutsky. Cast; Semyon Svashenko, A. Buchma, Nikola Nademsky.

USSR 1929, 102 min. Silent film with added, copyrighted music score.
ISBN: 1-55881-054-4
$29.95

ZVENIGORA

"Soaked with blood, sealed in secrecy, shrouded in legend treasures of the country have been buried for ages in Ukranian soil” Thus begins one of the most unusual films by Dovzhenko. A myriad of real and mythic images from ancient Viking Invaders to post-revolutionary sabotage are interwoven with ancient and modern superstitions to create this freeform narrative in which two brothers and their grandfather search for a buried treasure.

“The first of Dovzhenko's films in which he had total freedom was experimental and allegorical, changing from dream to reality, past to present, an example of the last flowering of the exciting avant-garde Soviet cinema of the 1920s, the product of a young, revolutionary society. When Eisenstein and Pudovkin saw it, they gave a joyful welcome to our new colleague,' and the three directors celebrated with an all-night drinking session.”—Holt's Foreign Film Guide.

Written and Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. Photo; Boris Zavelev. Cast; Nikola Nademsky, Polina Otava, Semyon Svashenko, Alexander Podorozhin, Mikhail Barbe.

USSR 1928. 75 minutes. Silent film with added, copyrighted music score.
ISBN 1-55881-053-6
$29.95

EARTH
Zemlya

Dovzhenko was commissioned to make what was intended to be a minor propaganda film to encourage the establishment of farming collectives. Under Dovzhenko's lyrical montage and photography what emerged far exceeded propaganda; Earth has repeatedly made every international top ten film list.

“One of the supreme masterpieces of the Soviet cinema...Using choreographed images, counterpoints, juxtapositions and a final long elaborate parallel montage, Dovzhenko has created an indelible image of a rural paradise earned by the blood of the peasants.” —Holt’s Foreign Film Guide

Written and Directed by Alexander Dovzhenko. Photo; Danylo Demutsky. Cast; Semyon Svashenko, Stephan Shkurat, Mikola Nademsky, Yelena Maximova.

USSR 1930 90 minutes. Silent film with added, copyrighted music score.
ISBN 1-55881-055-2
$29.95

EISENSTEIN
~ PUDOVKIN
DOVSHENKO
~ VERTOV
RUSSIAN SILENTS
LOST BOYS OF RUSSIA

THE NEW YORK FILM ANNEX
1618 West 4th St
Brooklyn, NY 11223
(718) 382-8868
Customer Service @ NYFAVIDEO.COM

New Descriptions, Redesigned artwork, backgrounds and stylized logos
(c) Copyright 1998 and previous years by The New York Film Annex.