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Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 10: The End of an Era

Romance · Silent · Drama

Three short films (The Revolutionary, For Luck and Behind the Screen) from the end of Tsarist Russia round out this collection of cinematic history.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 3: Starewicz’s Fantasies

Drama · Silent · Fantasy

Featuring 3 surviving films from director Ladislas Starevich, including The Dragonfly and the Ant (1913), Christmas Eve (1913), and The Lily of Belgium (1915).  

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 5: Petr Chardynin & Pushkin

Comedy · Silent · Drama

This volume features two brilliant adaptions from the great Alexander Pushkin's work, including The Queen of Spades (1910) and The Little House in Kolomna (1913).

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 6: Class Distinctions

Silent · Drama

The Peasants' Lot (1912) and Silent Witnesses (1914) present two different touchstones of early Russian cinema and views at late-Tsarist economic struggles.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 8: Iakov Protazanov

Drama · Silent · Fantasy

Two films from esteemed Russian director Yakov Protazanov come together in this collection of cinematic history.

Early Russian Cinema, Vol. 1 and 2: Beginnings/Folklore and Legend

Drama · Silent · Short Films

This two-volume set features a half-dozen selection of some of Russia’s earliest cinematic productions.

Early Russian Cinema: A Unique Anthology in 10 Volumes

Comedy · Silent · Drama

Banned by the Soviet government and unseen for more than seventy years, these 26 pieces of cinematic history reveal the underappreciated excellence of filmmaking in Czarist Russia.