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DVD004107

Turksib

Turin, Viktor

Flicker Alley, 2011

Description:

DVD - Region free.   viewing copy.   1 videodisc of 1.
b/w.   fullscreen.   sound - Dolby digital monaural.  

Notes:

Essay booklet available from checkout.

Titles

+ Salt For Svanetia

Alternate Title:

Djim Chuante; Sol Svanetii

Director:

Kalatozov, Mikhail

Production Co:

Goskinprom Gruzii

Running Time:

Short.   53 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USSR

Year:

1930

Language:

Russian intertitles with optional English subtitles

Genre:

Documentary, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Silent with musical accompaniment by Zoran Borisavljevic.Documentary about life in the Svanetia region of Georgia focusing on the isolated mountain village of Ushkul in the Caucasus, made more difficult by the scarcity of salt and the religious superstitions of the people. Communist construction of the first road into the area is beneficial and brings about a great change.

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+ Turksib

Director:

Turin, Viktor

Production Co:

Vostok-Kino; Alma-Ata

Running Time:

Short.   57 minutes

Sound:

sound - Dolby digital monaural

Color:

b/w

Country:

USSR

Year:

1929

Language:

English intertitles

Genre:

Documentary, Silent Cinema

Notes:

Originally part of 4-disc Landmarks of Early Soviet Film set (DVD004104 - DVD004107). Silent with musical accompaniment by Zoran Borisavljevic. Documentary on the need for a Siberia-Turkestan railway. Disc also includes: SALT FOR SVANETIA (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1930, 53 min). Essay booklet available from checkout.