Kino Video is set to release the classic of silent cinema
Battleship Potemkin, directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, on April 20. For this 1080p restoration, Kino has joined the Deutsche Kinematek in association with Russia's Goskinofilm, the British Film Institute, Bundesfilm Archive Berlin, and the Munich Film Museum. Dozens of missing shots have been replaced, and all 146-title cards restored to Eisenstein's specifications.
Edmund Meisel's definitive 1926 score, rendered by the 55-piece Deutches Filmorchestra in DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, returns Eisenstein's masterwork to a form as close to its creator's bold vision as has been seen since the film's triumphant 1925 Moscow premiere.
The restored film has newly-translated English intertitles as well as original Russian intertitles (and optional English subtitles).
Special features include:
- "Tracing Battleship Potemkin," a 42-minute documentary on the making and restoration of the film
- Photo gallery
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