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Bed and sofa Chess fever = Tretʹi︠a︡ Meshchanskai︠a︡ ; Shakhmatnai︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka
Uniform Title
Tretʹi︠a︡ Meshchanskai︠a︡. English & Russian.
Title
Bed and sofa [videorecording] ; Chess fever = Tretʹi︠a︡ Meshchanskai︠a︡ ; Shakhmatnai︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka.
Published
Chatsworth, CA. : Image Entertainment, 2004.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (115 min. each): si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
"Disc one: English version, disc two: Russian version" -- videodisc.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1927 by Sovkino, Moscow.
1st work: director, Abram Room ; story, Viktor Shklovsky.
2nd work: directors, Vsevolod Pukovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky ; music, Rodney Sauer.
Silent film with musical accompaniment and subtitles in English and Russian.
Summary
Bed and Sofa (87 min.) is the story of a love triangle between a woman and two men living together in a one-room basement apartment in 1927 Moscow.
Chess fever (28 min.) is a witty and ingenious satire on the chess craze which swept Moscow at the time of the international tournament there.
Variant and related titles
Shakhmatnai︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka. English & Russian.
Chess fever.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; Russian
Added to Catalog
April 29, 2004
Credits
1st work: director, Abram Room ; story, Viktor Shklovsky.
2nd work: directors, Vsevolod Pukovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky ; music, Rodney Sauer.
Cast
Cast, 1st work: Ludmilla Semyonova, Nikolai Batalov, Vladmir Fogel.
Cast, 2nd work: Vladimir Fogel, Anna Zemtsova, Jose Raul Capablanca.
System details note
DVD; presented in 1.33:1 aspect ratios.
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