Title & Author:

Les extraordinaires aventures de M. West au pays des Bolcheviks / script co-authored by Nikolaĭ Aseev and Vsevolod Pudovkin ; directed by Lev Kuleshov.

Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Lobster films, [2015]
©2015

Description:

1 videodisc (73 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes:
Originally produced as silent motion picture by Goskino in the Soviet Union in 1924.
"First production of the cinematic workshop of Lev Kuleshov."
Music: Robert Israel, Benedict Mason.
Boris Barnet, P. Podobed, G. Khartampiev, V. Pudovkin, P. Obolensky, A. Khoklova, S. Kunarov.
DVD, PAL.
This disc will not play on standard US DVD player. A multi-region or region free DVD player is required to view it in USA/Canada.
Silent film with French intertitles and music soundtrack.

Summary:

"The film chronicles the adventures of an American, "Mr. West," and his faithful bodyguard and servant Jeddie, as they visit the land of the horrible, evil Bolsheviks. Through various mishaps, Mr. West discovers that the Soviets are actually quite remarkable people, and, by the end of the film, his opinion of them has changed to one of glowing admiration!" Mark Toscano -- IMDb

Form/genre:

Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Films muets.
Films de fiction.

Added entries:

Kuleshov, L. V. (Lev Vladimirovich), film director.
Aseev, Nikolaĭ, 1889-1963, screenwriter.
Pudovkin, Vsevolod Illarionovich, 1893-1953, screenwriter.
Israel, Robert, 1963- composer (expression)
Mason, Benedict, 1954- composer (expression)
Barnet, Boris Vasilʹevich, 1902-1965, actor.
Podobed, Porfiry, actor.
Soviet Union. Gosudarstvennyĭ komitet po kinematografii, production company.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 322139
Call No.: 322139
Copy: 1
Status: Available