Fragment of an Empire (Blu-ray + DVD)

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Format:  Blu-ray  (2 Discs)
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Blu-ray Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 36 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: August 9, 2019
  • Originally Released: 1929
  • Label: Flicker Alley

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User Ratings: 15
By delving into Filiminov's fractured, conflicted mind and heart (intertitles often represent the tortured hero's inner monologue), Ermler makes his film's ultimate conclusions more persuasive on an emotional and psychological level. Full Review
Battleship Pretension
Aug 29, 2019
Rating: 4/4 -- As bold and uncompromising as its director, and its central performance by Nikitin is a truly exceptional work, some of the best acting of the silent era. Full Review
From the Front Row
Sep 4, 2019

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Described by historian Paul Rotha as "the epitome of the Soviet propaganda film, realized with extraordinary skill of technical achievement", FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE was the first important film effort by director Frederick Ermler. Combining documentary techniques with straight dramatic narrative, the film focuses on a sergeant in the army of the Czar who loses track of his lovely wife. By the time he's discovered that his bride has re-married to an aristocrat, the sergeant has experienced a political epiphany, disdaining Imperialism in favor of the burgeoning Bolshevist movement. The protagonist's turnaround is counterpointed with spectacular shots of growing social unrest throughout Russia. American film critics, traditionally resistant to propaganda films in the early 1930s, felt that FRAGMENT OF AN EMPIRE contained enough of the "popular" elements to enjoy a successful U.S. release.

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  • Sales Rank: 75,632
  • UPC: 617311686597
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