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The Cossacks
(1928)

This Russian drama, directed by George Hill, stars John Gilbert and Renée Adorée, with (a bald!) Ernest Torrence and Nils Asther.

Warner Archive Collection
2014 DVD edition

The Cossacks (1928), black & white, 92 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video,
no catalog number, UPC 8-88574-12836-4.
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 7.0 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; 24 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $17.95 (reduced to $12.99).
Release date: 28 October 2014.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 9 / audio: 10 / additional content: 0 / overall: 9.

This DVD-R edition has been mastered from an excellent archival 35mm release print, as prepared for telecast by Turner Classic Movies. The image is very stable and there is a minimum of dust, speckling, and other print flaws.

The film is accompanied by a lively orchestral and choral music score composed by Robert Israel. The excellent music lifts the film’s presentation.

Highly recommended. This is the only home video edition of the film that we are aware of.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
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