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Battleship Potemkin (The) AKA Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)
A dramatized account of a great Russian naval mutiny and a resulting street demonstration which brought on a police massacreDirector: Grigori Aleksandrov, Sergei M. Eisenstein
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film - with English intertitles
"Tracing Battleship Potemkin" documentary (42:23)
Photo Galleries
DISC TWO
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Subtitles:English Version; English intertitles
Russian Version: English (optional) for Russian intertitles -
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The score is the original 1926 Edmund Meisel score performed by the Deutches Filmorchestra.
Includes a booklet with film notes by Bruce Bennett.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary by film critic John Noonan
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Extras:
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Extras:"Tracking Battleship Potemkin" documentary (42:20)
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Subtitles:Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1 (Edmund Meisel music score)
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Restored by the German cinematheque.
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 1.0 (Nikolai Kryukov music score)
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Case type:Snapper Case
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Extras:"Movie synopsis" notes
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Subtitles:English (FORCED on Russian intertitles)
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available in the "Russia in Revolt" boxset containing "The Battleship Potemkin", "Strike", "October" and "The Fall of the Romanov Dynasty".
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Extras:DISC ONE
* "Strike" movie (87:31)
DISC TWO
* "The Battleship Potemkin" movie (Ed Hughes music score) (73:53)
* "The Battleship Potemkin" movie (Nikolai Kryukov music score) (63:00)
"Recording of the new score" featurette (7:57)
DISC THREE
* "The Battleship Potemkin" movie (Edmund Meisel music score) (65:59)
* "October" movie (99:22) -
Subtitles:Ed Hughes/Nikolai Kryukov music score version: English (forced) for Russian Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):DISC TWO:
Music DTS 5.1 (Ed Hughes music score)
Music Dolby Digital 5.1 (Ed Hughes music score)
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo (Ed Hughes music score)
Music Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono (Nikolai Kryukov score)
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Case type:Special Case
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Notes:Comes in three slim Keep Cases in a cardboard slipcase, with a booklet containing notes about the new score.
Case incorrectly states the discs as coded R0. -
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Extras:DISC ONE (Blu-ray copy)
DISC TWO (DVD)
* The Film
* "Drifters" 1929 film by John Grierson (39:01)
Short films
- "Granton Trawler" 1934 short by John Grierson (10:13)
- "Trade Tattoo" 1937 short by Len Lye (5:23)
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Subtitles:English (optional) for Russian Intertitles
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Includes a 30 page booklet.
The score is the original 1926 Edmund Meisel score performed by the Deutsches Filmorchestra.
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Extras:"Movie synposis" notes
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Subtitles:English
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Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
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Picture Format:Non-Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):Music Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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OVERALL: Draw
- R2 UK Tartan boxset has three versions of the movie/soundtrack, including Dolby Digital 2.0 Dual Mono, Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1 soundtracks, and a featurette.
- R0 US has only one version of the movie/soundtrack, with Dolby Digital 2.0 and 5.1, but it offers a documentary. Unfortunately, the transfer is non-progressive.
- R0 Scandinavia has also only one version of the movie/soundtrack, with Dolby Digital 5.1, but it has the same documentary than the one found on the US edition and is progressive. Unfortunately, it isn't English friendly.
- R2 UK BFI has a 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks of the original 1926 score with additional bonus films.
- R0 Australian Bounty Films' release has an exclusive commentary and bonus films.
General notes:
*The movie was shot at 18fps, meaning that some pictures had to be duplicated to achieve a video transfer keeping the same pace than the original movie.
*The following movie/soundtrack versions are known:
- The 'Edmund Meisel music score' was commissioned by the German distributor when the film became a hit there and is considered as the original score.
- The 'Nikolai Kryukov music score' was released in 1956: it has a spoken introduction in Russian explaining the historical context of the events in the film.
- The 'Ed Hughes music score' is a new score commissioned for the R2 UK Tartan Video release and performed by The New Music Players.
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CUTS:
- R0 America- Kino Video - No cuts - includes the film with English intertitles (69:08) and the film with the original Russian intertitles (68:44).
- R0 Australia- Bounty Films - No cuts (70:46 NTSC).
- R0 Scandinavia- Atlantic Film - No cuts - Russian opening credits and intertitles and German restauration closing credits (68:46 PAL).
- R1 America- Image Entertainment - No cuts (74:06 NTSC).
- R2 United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts - credits are in English (73:12 PAL).
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R2 Sergei Eisenstein Volume 1 United Kingdom- Palisades Tartan - No cuts - includes:
- the "Ed Hughes music score" version (73:53 PAL), with English credits and Russian intertitles,
- the "Nikolai Kryukov music score" version (63:00 PAL), with English credits and Russian intertitles,
- the "Edmund Meisel music score" version (65:59 PAL), with English credits and intertitles. - R2 The Soviet Influence United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts (66:01 PAL)
- R4 Australia- Force Video - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Craig on 14/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 28/08/17UPDATE LOG:
28/04/10 : Addition of R0 US.
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22/05/10 : Addition of R0 Scandinavia.
16/07/15 : Addition of the UK BFI, capsaholic
28/08/17: Added Australia Bounty.
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