MovieMail Releases Four More Russian Classics In The UK

MovieMail, the UK’s leading quality DVD and Blu-ray retailer, is delighted to announce the release of four new Hyperkino editions of classic Russian films that have never been available on either format in the UK before.

Mark Donskoi's The Childhood Of Maxim Gorky (1938) is the first part of the acclaimed Gorky trilogy.

The 2-disc Hyperkino format contains the standard film in the best available print, with optional subtitles, and a second disc containing the film, plus numerous scene-specific annotations, video clips and documents (in Russian and in English). These can be viewed on screen, contextualising the film and enhancing the viewer’s understanding.

Those who crave further exploration of important works of world cinema will be relishing these four new titles, released after a strong response to the initial selection. First up is the opening part of the Gorky Trilogy, The Childhood Of Maxim Gorky (1938), directed by Soviet Mark Donskoi. The trilogy is his most famous work (it won the Stalin Prize in 1941), and is completed with My Apprenticeship (1939) and My Universities (1941).

Outskirts (1933), directed by Boris Barnet, is a tender love story between a Russian girl and a German prisoner of war, while The Girl With The Hat Box (1927), also by Barnet, is a light and lyrical comedy, once again set against the backdrop of war. Last but not least, Storm Over Asia (1928), directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin, tells the tale of a simple Mongol herdsman who escapes to the hills after brawling with a western capitalist fur trader who cheated him.

The four new titles expands this impressive collection to ten films; the others released earlier this year are: By The Bluest Of Seas  (1936), Happiness (1934), Engineer Prite’s Project (1918), The Great Consoler (1933), Strike( 1924) and October (1927). More information about each film can be found here.

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