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Qué viva México! = Da zdravstvuet Meksika / Mosfilʹm ; [producer], Grigoriĭ Aleksandrov ; [director], Sergeĭ Ėĭzenshteĭn.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Eisenstein, Sergei, 1898-1948, director.
Aleksandrov, Grigoriĭ Vasilʹevich, 1903-1984, producer.
Bondarchuk, Sergeĭ, 1920-1994, narrator.
Moskovskai︠a︡ kinostudii︠a︡ "Mosfilʹm", producer.
Kino International Corporation, distributor.
Language:
English
Russian
Subjects (All):
Women's health services.
Manners and customs.
Social conditions.
History.
Mexico--History--Drama.
Mexico.
Mexico--Social conditions--Drama.
Mexico--Social life and customs--Drama.
Mexico--Description and travel.
Women's health services--Europe--Drama.
Motion pictures, Russian.
Europe.
Genre:
Short films.
Documentary films.
Drama.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Edition:
Deluxe edition.
Other Title:
Da zdravstvuet Meksika
Viva Mexico!
Place of Publication:
New York, NY : Kino on Video, [2001]
Language Note:
In Russian with English subtitles.
System Details:
DVD - NTSC.
digital
optical
NTSC
video file
DVD video
Summary:
[Qué viva México!] "With sequences devoted to the Edenic land of Tehuantepec, the savage majesty of the bullfight, the struggles of the noble peon and the hypnotic imagery of the Day of the Dead, [the film] is a vivid tapestry of Mexican life."--Container.
[Romance sentimentale] A dazzling symphony of images and sounds. [Misery and fortune of woman] Uses Soviet-style montage to promote safe ob/gyn medicine in Europe."--Container.
Contents:
Qué viva México (1931/1979, 85 min.)
Romance sentimentale : a cinematographic study with Mara Griy / scenario and direction, S.M. Eisenstein and G.V. Alexandroff ; music, Alexis Archangelsky ; production, Sequana-Film (1930, 20 min.)
Misery and fortune of woman = Frauennot, Frauenglück / Lazar Wechsler presents ; Praesens-Film AG ; photographed by Eduard Tisse ; directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigory Alexandrov ; music by Martin Uhl ; restored by Bret Wood (1929, 20 min.).
Participant:
Narrator, Sergei Bondarchuk.
Credits:
Cinematographer, Eduard Tissė ; editor Esfirʹ Tobak.
Notes:
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
"By refering to Eisenstein's extensive notes and sketches, Alexandrov assembled the most defenitive version of the film in 1979."--Container.
Special features include: Romance sentimentale ; Misery and fortune of woman (excerpt) ; Que viva clippings.
"Reconstructed by Grigory Aleksandrov and Nikita Orlov in 1979 from footage produced in 1931."-- Container.
Contains:
Romance sentimentale.
Misery and fortune of woman.
OCLC:
49274040
Publisher Number:
738329020224
K202 Kino on Video

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