Обломок империи | 1929 | Drama, Silent

Title: 1929 Обломок империи | 1929 | Drama, Silent Director: Fridrikh Ermler Studio: Sovkino Starring: Fyodor Nikitin, Lyudmila Semyonova, Valeri Solovtsov, Yakov Gudkin, Sergei Gerasimov, Emil Gal Release Date: October 28, 1929 Runtime: 78 Format: Silent, black-and-white; 35mm; Russian intertitles Country: Soviet Union Language: Silent Genres: Drama, Silent --- Chapters: 00:00:00 Wartime trauma 00:12:30 Station life 00:26:00 Memory rekindled 00:41:00 Leningrad transformed 00:56:00 Search for his wife 01:10:00 Reckoning and resolve --- Summary: A noncommissioned officer, Filimonov, loses his memory during the First World War and lives for years as an amnesiac railroad watchman. A fleeting glimpse of a woman through a train window jolts his memory, sending him back to his home city—now renamed Leningrad—where the world has been remade by revolution. Confronting a transformed society and the remnants of his past, Filimonov searches for his wife, only to find that she has a new life. As he struggles to reconcile personal loss with the promises and contradictions of the new order, the film charts his awakening to the realities of Soviet modernity. --- Background: Produced by the Leningrad arm of Sovkino, Fragment of an Empire was Ermler’s last silent feature and one of the notable late works of Soviet silent cinema. The film has circulated in different lengths; a major restoration completed in 2018 by the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in partnership with EYE Filmmuseum and Gosfilmofond reassembled missing shots and original Russian intertitles and has been screened at 35mm and digital frame rates. --- Trivia: The restored version reinstates a once-removed shot of a crucifix fitted with a gas mask, long absent from circulating prints. Vladimir Deshevov composed an original score for the film in 1929; modern presentations sometimes use new accompaniments or adaptations of Deshevov’s music. Alternate titles include Gospodin fabkom , used in some Soviet-era materials. Noted contemporaries, including Sergei Eisenstein and G. W. Pabst, praised the film’s blend of psychological performance and montage. --- Public Domain / Rights: Original Release: October 28, 1929 Original Studio / Distributor: Sovkino Copyright Status: Public Domain Renewal: Unknown --- Hashtags: FragmentOfAnEmpire ОбломокИмперии 1929 SilentFilm SovietCinema PublicDomain FridrikhErmler Source page: https: //commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1929_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8.webm Direct media URL: https: //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/1929_%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B8.webm