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Fragment of an Empire = Oblomok imperii
Title
Fragment of an Empire = Oblomok imperii / tema, K. Vinogradskoĭ ; st︠s︡enariĭ, K. Vinogradskoĭ i F. Ėrmlera ; rezhissër, Fridrikh Ėrmler.
Обломок империи / тема, К. Виноградской ; сценарий, К. Виноградской и Ф. Эрмлера ; режиссёр, Фридрих Эрмлер
Edition
"Deluxe Blu-ray/DVD Dual Format edition.".
Publication
[Los Angeles, Calif.] : Flicker Alley, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (approximately 110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm)
Notes
Title from original title frames.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1929.
Restored by Eye Filmmuseum, Gosfilmofond of Russia, and the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Film accompanied by a choice of two musical scores: a new score composed and performed by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius and an adaptation of Vladimir Deshevov's 1929 original piano score performed by Daan van den Hurk.
Bonus features: Restoring Fragment of an empire: a demonstration of the film's restoration produced by film restorer Robert Byrne; commentary soundtrack featuring Russian film historian and curator Peter Bagrov and film restorer Robert Byrne; poster gallery: original poster artwork and vintage marketing materials; and souvenir booklet: featuring an essay by Russian film historian and curator, Peter Bagrov, on the historical importance of this film in Soviet cinema.
Photography, Evgeniĭ Shneĭder; composer, Vladimir Deshevov.
Silent film with Russian intertitles with optional English subtitles and piano accompaniment.
Summary
This film was Fridrikh Ermler's last silent feature and last of four productively contentious collaborations with the method actor Fiodor Nikitin. To prepare for his part as Filimonov, a soldier suffering from total amnesia due to shell shock from the Great War, Nikitin apparently disguised himself as a doctor's assistant in the Forel Psychiatric Clinic to study actual amnesia patients. Meanwhile, Ermler creates a profoundly realistic and moving portrait of a man whose memories begin to awaken.
Variant and related titles
Oblomok imperii
Fragment of an empire
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
May 03, 2022
Credits
Photography, Evgeniĭ Shneĭder; composer, Vladimir Deshevov.
Cast
Fedor Nikitin, Emil Gal, Sergei Gerasimov, Yakov Gudkin, Ursula Krug, Varvara Myasnikova, Lyudmila Semyonova.
System details note
DVD; NTSC, all regions; Dolby digital 2.0.
Blu-ray; all regions; DTS-HD master audio 2.0; requires Blu-ray player.
Videorecording number
FA0065 Flicker Alley
Subjects
Genre/Form
Personal Narrative.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
History.
Silent films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Personal narratives.
Films de fiction.
Films muets.
Récits personnels.
Also listed under
Sovkino, production company.
EYE Film Instituut Nederland.
Gosfilʹmofond Rossii.
Flicker Alley (Firm), publisher.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
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