The Ghost That Never Returns

General Information

Original Title
Prividenie, kotoroe ne vozvrashchaetsia
Author/Creator
Room, Abram, director.
Subtitles
French
Published
Soviet Union : Sovkino, 1929.
Physical Description
DVD-ROM (51 min.)
Digital ver. identifier
HU_OSA_00002660

Contents/Summary

Summary
Jose Real is a worker at an oil-well who is sent to prison in an unspecified Latin American country for his revolutionary ideas. Because of his charisma and political beliefs, he becomes very popular among the prisoners, while attracting the negative attention of the authorities. The latter decide to elimante him, but with the help of his comrades he will overcome all obstacles in the end. Very strong cinematography, rapid montage and moving story based on a story by Henri Barbusse make for an exciting movie. It´s not a completely silent movie, there is a spoken word every now and then, accompanied by intertitles. In bonus features the DVD contains "Stenka Razine", the first movie made in Russia, in 1908.

Subjects

Genre
Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation
The Ghost That Never Returns
Note
Duration: 00:51:00

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Call Number Status Shelving Location Public Note
DVD-ROMOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0953Available--
Digital filmOSA Film LibraryFL Record 0953
(HU_OSA_00002660.mp4)
AvailableAccess Copy, MP4 format