Der Russische Revolutionsfilm
Russian Avant-garde. Lunatscharsky, A[natoli]. W. & Leo Hirsch
Zurich / Lepzig. Orell Füssli Verlag. 1929
A very good copy of this fascinating study of early Russian cinema.
Issued as part of Dr. Emil Schaeffer's 'Schabücher' series (this was number 2) with commentary by the Soviet Commissar for Education Anatoly Lunacharsky and with commentary on the illustration by Leo Hirsch. The major part of the work is taken up with extensive illustration: monochrome reproductions of film stills taken from Eisenstein's 'The General Line' (1929), 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925), and 'Ten Days that Shook the World' (1928), Vsevolod Pudovkin's Revolutionary trilogy 'The Mother' (1926), 'The End of St. Petersburg' (1927) and 'Storm Over Asia' (1928) and others.
Issued as part of Dr. Emil Schaeffer's 'Schabücher' series (this was number 2) with commentary by the Soviet Commissar for Education Anatoly Lunacharsky and with commentary on the illustration by Leo Hirsch. The major part of the work is taken up with extensive illustration: monochrome reproductions of film stills taken from Eisenstein's 'The General Line' (1929), 'Battleship Potemkin' (1925), and 'Ten Days that Shook the World' (1928), Vsevolod Pudovkin's Revolutionary trilogy 'The Mother' (1926), 'The End of St. Petersburg' (1927) and 'Storm Over Asia' (1928) and others.
pp. 16. 8vo. (194 x 128 mm). Half-title, printed title, Lunatscharsky's text, 'Zu Den Bildern' by Leo Hirsch and 72 monochrome reproductions of photographs, stills from films on glossy paper. Original publisher's red cloth-backed printed boards, front cover with monochrome illustration and titles in white, title to spine in black.
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