East side story / Anda Films presents ; produced in association with WDR with the participation of DocStar/Canal+ ; produced by Andrew Horn ; directed by Dana Ranga ; written by Dana Ranga and Andrew Horn.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Ranga, Dana, director, screenwriter.

Horne, Andrew, -1328, producer, screenwriter.

Gusko, Erich, 1930- associated name.

Schroder, Karin, associated name.

Hanke, Helmut, associated name.

Wallstein, Hans Joachim, associated name.

Turovskai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, associated name.

Doerk, Chris, associated name.

Schöbel, Frank, associated name.

Daniels, Mark, director of photography.

Krajewski, Guido, editor.

Anda Films (Firm), producer.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk, producer.

Docstar (Firm), producer.

Studio Canal+, producer.

Kino International Corporation, distributor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Multiple languages

Subjects (All):

Musical films--Soviet Union--History and criticism.

Musical films.

Musical films--Europe, Eastern--History and criticism.

Motion pictures--Soviet Union--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.

Motion pictures in propaganda--Europe, Eastern.

Motion pictures in propaganda.

Motion pictures in propaganda--Soviet Union.

Motion pictures--Censorship--Europe, Eastern.

Motion pictures--Censorship--Soviet Union.

Propaganda, Communist--Soviet Union.

Propaganda, Communist.

Motion pictures--Censorship.

History.

Soviet Union.

Propaganda, Communist--Europe, Eastern.

Eastern Europe.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kino International Corp., [2000]

Language Note:

Narration in English, interviews and songs in various languages with English subtitles.

System Details:

DVD ; NTSC.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

Summary:

"That's Entertainment," Communist style. A documentary of Soviet and Eastern bloc communist musical films. Comrades drive tractors, sweep factory floors, feed farm animals, harvest crops, all the while singing their hearts out about the joys of socialism. Included are interviews with people involved in the making of some of these movies, as well as a film historian and moviegoers.

Contents:

Film excerpts: Antique coin (Bulgaria, 1965)

Adventure in Marienstadt (Poland, 1954)

Handful of notes (GDR, 1961)

Vacation on the Black Sea (Romania, 1963)

My wife wants to sing (GDR, 1958)

New Years punch (GDR, 1960)

Wayward wife (Czech., 1965)

I don't want to marry (Romania, 1961)

Carnival night (USSR, 1957)

Jolly Fellows (USSR, 1934)

Volga, Volga (USSR, 1938)

Swineherd and the shepherd (USSR, 1941)

Tractor drivers (USSR, 1939)

Bright path (USSR, 1940)

Cossacks of the Kuban River (USSR, 1946)

At 6PM at the end of the war (USSR, 1944)

Ernst Thalman, class leader (GDR, 1955)

Midnight revue (GDR, 1962)

Lovable white mouse (GDR, 1964)

Hot summer (GDR, 1968)

No cheating darling (GDR, 1973)

Woman on the rails (Czech., 1965).

Participant:

Commentary: Erich Gusko (Cameraman, DEFA), Karin Schroder (actress, DEFA), Helmut Hanke (Sociologist, GDR), Hans Joachim Wallstein (story editor, DEFA), Maya Turovskaia (Film historian, USSR), Chris Doerk (pop star, GDR), Frank Schobel (pop star, GDR).

Credits:

Writers, Dana Ranga, Andrew Horn ; director of photography, Mark Daniels ; editor, Guido Krajewski.

Notes:

DVD release of the 1997 documentary.

"K161 DVD."--Container.

"Sundance Film Festival official entry"

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

OCLC:

51600589

Publisher Number:

738329016128

K161 DVD Kino on Video