Criterion Collection (series)

Eisenstein

DVD Features:

Disc One: ALEXANDER NEVSKY

Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Mono - Russian

Additional Release Material:

• Bonus Feature/Short - 1. "Bezhin Meadow"
• Additional Audio Material - 1. Audio Essay - David Bordwell, Film Scholar

Interactive Features:

• Interactive Menus
• Scene Access

Test/Photo Galleries:

• Storyboards
• Production Art

Disc Two & Three: IVAN THE TERRIBLE PARTS 1 & 2
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

• Dolby Digital Mono - Russian

Additional Release Material:

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Production Art
• Story Boards

Product Description:

These two spectacular, grandiose battle epics from great director Sergei Eisenstein--who pioneered the Soviet montage style of the silent era--are prototypes for many of the classic war epics that preceded them. Produced under the totalitarian Stalin regime, Eisenstein's work managed to turn Soviet propaganda into revolutionary art. ALEXANDER NEVSKY, which details the true story of the general's triumph over Teutonic Knights, features the much-imitated Battle on Ice sequence. IVAN THE TERRIBLE is the story of the powerful czar who regressed into an insane tyrant. Ironically, the second part of this film was banned when Stalin noticed too many similarities between the portrayal of Ivan and himself.

Plot Synopsis:

Please see individual titles for further information.

Plot Keywords:

Classic | Drama | War

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