Zemli︠a︡ / avtor st︠s︡enarii︠a︡ i rezhisser Aleksandr Dovzhenko ; proizvodstvo VUFKU = Earth / written and directed by Alexander Dovzhenko ; produced at the VUFKU studios. Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga = The end of St. Petersburg / directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin ; scenarist, Natan Zarkhi ; co-director, Mikhail Doller ; produced by Mezhrabpom-Rus Studio. Shakhmatnii︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka / rezhissura, Pudovkin, V.I. i Shpikovskiĭ, N.G. = Chess Fever / directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky.
Shakhmatnai︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002046309 Earth Pudovkin's The end of St. Petersburg. Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga. End of St. Petersburg. End of Saint Petersburg. Shakhmatnii︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka Chess fever.
Notes:
Silent films with intertitles and musical accompaniment. Cast for Zemli︠a︡: S. Shkurat, S. Svashenko, I︠U︡. Solnt︠s︡eva, E. Maksimova. Cast for Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga: Alexander Chistiakov, Vera Baranovskaia, Ivan Chuvelev, V. Obelenski, A. Gromov. Cast for Shakhmatnii︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka, F. Fogel, A. Zemtsova. Originally produced as motion pictures, Zemli︠a︡ in 1929/1930, Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga in 1927, Shakhmatnii︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka in 1925. Foreign films (Soviet Union).
Summary:
Zemli︠a︡ (69 min.), "The last great Russian "silent" film, is a story of a young man trying to instill a collectivist spirit in his Ukrainian village. Konet︠s︡ Sankt-Peterburga (89 min.) shows changing conditions in Russia as seen by a young peasant who lived through the upheaval in St. Petersburg that culminated in the revolution of 1917. Shakhmatnii︠a︡ gori︠a︡chka (28 min.) is a Keaton-esque comedy in which a young man's passion for the game threatens to wreck his marriage.
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