Eisenstein: The Sound Years DVD

Eisenstein: The Sound Years

 (1938-1946)

Sergei Eisenstein, long regarded as a pioneer of film art, changed cinematic strategies halfway through his career. Upon returning from Hollywood and Mexico in the late 1930s, he left behind the densely edited style of celebrated silents like Battleship Potemkin and October, turning instead to historical sources, contradictory audiovisuals, and theatrical sets for his grandiose yet subversive sound-era work. This trio of rousing action epics reveals a deeply unsettling portrait of the Soviet Union under Stalin, and provided battle-scene blueprints for filmmaking giants from Laurence Olivier in Henry V to Akira Kurosawa in Seven Samurai.

Director: Sergei M. Eisenstein


This DVD release includes the following titles, see individual titles for specs and details:

Alexander Nevsky DVD Александр Невский / Aleksandr Nevskiy / Criterion Collection Criterion | 1938 | 112 min | Not rated | Region (A, B, C untested) | Feb 20, 2001 The story of how a great Russian prince led a ragtag army to battle an invading force of Teutonic Knights. Drama / Epic / Foreign / History

Ivan the Terrible, Part II: The Boyars' Plot DVD Иван Грозный: Сказ второи - Боярский заговор / Ivan Groznyy: Skaz vtoroy - Boyarskiy zagovor Criterion | 1946 | 88 min | Not rated | Region (A, B, C untested) | No Release Date As Ivan the Terrible attempts to consolidate his power by establishing a personal army, his political rivals, the Russian boyars, plot to assassinate their Tsar. Drama / Epic / Foreign / History

Ivan the Terrible, Part I DVD Иван Грозный / Ivan Grozniy Criterion | 1944 | 103 min | Not rated | Region (A, B, C untested) | No Release Date During the early part of his reign, Ivan the Terrible faces betrayal from the aristocracy and even his closest friends as he seeks to unite the Russian people. Drama / Epic / Foreign / History

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