Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Wings of a Serf
[Kryl’ia kholopa]
(1926)
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This feature drama, directed by Yuri Tarich, stars Leonid Leonidov and Ivan Klyukvin, with Safiyat Askarova, Vladimir Korsh-Sablin, Nikolai Prozorovskii, Ivan Arkanov, Vasili Bokarev, Stepan Borisov, Klavdia Chebyshyova, A. Dzyubina, Sofya Garrel and Ivan Kachalov.
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 Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
The Wings of a Serf (1926), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated, with Forest Story (1926), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 3305, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $21.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print that has been transferred at sound-film speed which renders movement too rapidly to appear normal.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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