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The Peasant Women
of Ryazan
[Baby Riazanskie]
(1927)
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This feature drama, directed by Olga Preobrazhenskaia, stars Kuzma Yastrebitsky, Olga Narbekova and Yelena Maksimova, with Georgi Bobynin, Emma Tsesarskaya, Raisa Puzhnaya and Ivan Savelyev.
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 Flicker Alley
2017 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition
Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology (1902-1943), black & white, 652 minutes total, not rated, including The Peasant Women of Ryazan [Baby Riazanskie] (1927), color-tinted black & white, 88 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0052, UPC 6-17311-68529-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (three BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.5 Mbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; and one single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 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 4.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; 28-page insert booklet; two three-disc BD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 9 May 2017.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print, as produced for home video by David Shepard, Serge Bromberg, Jeffery Masino and Joshua Morrison. The source print yields a moderate amount of dust and a significant amount of speckling, with fine scratches, emulsion scuffing, occasional slight exposure fluctations, and other print flaws.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on synthesizers and piano by Sergei Dreznin, with additional vocal and string performances.
Supplementary material includes audio commentary for The Blot (another film in the collection) by author and professor Shelley Stamp; and a 28-page insert booklet with an essay by film historian and Women Film Pioneers Project Manager Kate Saccone.
While several of the accompanying films have appeared in earlier home video editions, the appeal of this collection will be the retrospective context of the collection and the updated, high-definition film scans. This is our recommended home video edition of the film. Out-of-print but well worth pursuing.
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This Region A Blu-ray Disc / Region 1 DVD edition has been discontinued and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Women of Ryazan (1927), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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; $14.99.
Release date: 16 March 2025
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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Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Baby Riazanskie [The Peasant Women of Ryazan] (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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: 201?
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 films by WOMEN DIRECTORS available on home video.
Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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