Po zakonu By the Law Lev Kuleshov [videorecording]=

By:

Lev Kuleshov

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Soviet Union Goskino 1926Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 80 min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

By the Law

Uniform titles:

By the Law

LOC classification:

PN1997 .P609 1926

Summary: From Case Cover of Item: 003222 A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success when one of the members snaps, and suddenly kills two others. The two survivors, a husbadn and wife, subdue the killer but are then faced with an agonizing dilemma. With no chance of turning him over to the authorities for many weeks, they must decide whether to enact justice themselves or to risk trying to keep him restrained until they can return to civilization. From Case Cover of Item: 003239 Lev Kulesovs legendary "constructivist Western" (adapted from a story by Jack London) was a highlight of the Soviet Cinema of the 1920s and one of the most popular films of its time. Upon finding gold in the Yukon a group of prospectors descend into murder. The survivors are facing an existential choice. The DVD presents a new transfer of the film and a contemporary score by Austrian composer and musician Franz Reisecker. As an extra it includes the only surviving fragment of Kulesov's Vasa znakomaja, featuring sets by avantgarde artist Aleksandr Rodcenko.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Barcode
Books	SILC Learning Support Services DH132AA - Receiption/Circulation	PN1997 .P609 1926	Available		003241
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .P609 1926	Available	filmmuseum version. Music audio	003239
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-D: DVD Cabinet D	PN1997 .P609 1926	Available	No audio	003222

From Case Cover of Item: 003222

A five-person team of gold prospectors in the Yukon has just begun to enjoy great success when one of the members snaps, and suddenly kills two others. The two survivors, a husbadn and wife, subdue the killer but are then faced with an agonizing dilemma. With no chance of turning him over to the authorities for many weeks, they must decide whether to enact justice themselves or to risk trying to keep him restrained until they can return to civilization.

From Case Cover of Item: 003239

Lev Kulesovs legendary "constructivist Western" (adapted from a story by Jack London) was a highlight of the Soviet Cinema of the 1920s and one of the most popular films of its time. Upon finding gold in the Yukon a group of prospectors descend into murder. The survivors are facing an existential choice. The DVD presents a new transfer of the film and a contemporary score by Austrian composer and musician Franz Reisecker. As an extra it includes the only surviving fragment of Kulesov's Vasa znakomaja, featuring sets by avantgarde artist Aleksandr Rodcenko.

Item 003222:
DVD video; Silent; NTSC; Regions 1-A; 1.33:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

Item 003239:
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; Stereo; NTSC; Regions 1-A; 1.33:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

Item 003222:
Silent Film.

Item 003239:
Silent Film. Subtitles in German, English and French.

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