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Comrade Marcel
11th September 2006, 05:38
I saw this somewhere, does anyone know where?
Comrade Marcel
11th September 2006, 20:45
Also, has anyone seen the Soviet version of War and Peace?
ComradeOm
11th September 2006, 21:34
Meh. This post (http://www.revolutionaryleft.com/index.php?showtopic=55514&view=findpost&p=1292164085) was intended for this thread.
Red Heretic
12th September 2006, 23:42
Macel, do you mind if we host some of your rips on World Revolution Media (http://revmedia.net)?
Comrade Marcel
13th September 2006, 00:54
edited.
Red Heretic
13th September 2006, 05:18
All of them are? Weren't most of the films produced in the Soviet Union public archive?
Comrade Marcel
13th September 2006, 06:14
Originally posted by Red [email protected] 13 2006, 02:19 AM
All of them are? Weren't most of the films produced in the Soviet Union public archive?
Yeah, but the actual production (i.e. digital remastering), subtitles, languages, commentary, distribution, etc... whatever else is probably copyrighted.

Persynally I think it should all be free.

The only one that doesn't have copyright is Noch Nad Chili, as it is distributed by Northstar Compass.
Red Heretic
13th September 2006, 06:22
Noch Nod Chili looks interesting. Where was it filmed? Did NSC make it?
Comrade Marcel
13th September 2006, 07:32
Originally posted by Red [email protected] 13 2006, 03:23 AM
Noch Nod Chili looks interesting. Where was it filmed? Did NSC make it?
It was done by MosFilm and filmed in Chile, with a Chilian and a Soviet director and with Chilian and Soviet actors. It was originally in Russian or Spanish (not sure which), but dubbed to different languages and distributed to internationally by InterFilm. All the friendship societies probably got copies, but it was in 45mm for projectors. Northstar Compass is basically the only remaining Friendship Society, so many of these films survived. There is no copyright on them (to my knowledge - and even if there is I don't think anyone would enforce it) and most of them were just dubbed to VHS recently, none of them, with the exception of Noch Nad Chili have been put in to digital format to my knowledge. I'm going to try and get more films from NSC to distribute. You can find a list of them somewhere on the website.