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The Queen
of Spades
[Pikovaya Dama]
(1916)
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Yakov Protazanov directed this drama starring Ivan Mosjoukine.
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 The Milestone Cinematheque
2009 DVD edition
Early Russian Cinema, Volume 8 (1912-1916), black & white, 104 minutes total, not rated, including Pikovaya Dama [The Queen of Spades] (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, Mile017D, UPC 7-84148-00173-9.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, permanent English language subtitles; chapter stops; slimline DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 1 February 2009
Country of origin: USA
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Originally produced for home video by the British Film Institute in 1992 and released in the USA on VHS videotape by Milestone Film & Video, this DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 eMoviez
200? DVD edition
The Queen of Spades [Pikovaya Dama] (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
eMoviez, no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 200?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings.
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EMOVIEZ no longer sells home video products and this item is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
The Queen of Spades [Pikovaya Dama] (1916), black & white, 63 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, permanent? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era YAKOV PROTAZANOV films available on home video.
Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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