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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0738329056728 Format: Black & White, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Silent Label: KINO INTERNATIONAL Languages: Manufacturer: KINO INTERNATIONAL MPN: D5672D Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: KINO INTERNATIONAL Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 15, 2008 Running Time: 74 minutes Studio: KINO INTERNATIONAL Theatrical Release Date: 1930 Editorial Review: Product Description: The 1929 Silent Extravaganza From India with a New Orchestral Score by Nitin Sawhney. A lavish silent super-production comprising 10,000 extras, a thousand horses, and scores of elephants, A Throw of Dice is the climax of German film pioneer Franz Osten's richly cinematic sojourn in India. In this FAIRY TALE FOR ADULTS (BBC) inspired by the ancient Sanskrit epic poem The Mahabharata, royal cousins and rulers of adjoining kingdoms King Sohat (Producer and Star Himansu Rai) and King Rajit (Charu Roy) share a reckless passion for gambling, the perilous jungle tiger hunt, and the beautiful maiden Sunita (Seeta Devi). After a tiger nearly claims Rajit's life, Sunita nurses the handsome young king back to health and becomes his bride. Knowing that the only thing stronger than love is Rajit's heart is a compilsive fascination with games of chance, jeolous Sohat challanges his cousin to a winner-takes-all contest where the stakes are freedom, marriage, and life itself. LOVINGLY RESTORED (The Guardian UK) by the BFI (British Film Institute) to a level of ravishing spectacle and splendor unseen since its debut in 1929, this IMMACULATELY DRESSED AND BEAUTIFULLY SHOT (Times of London) masterpiece of the late silent period is complemented by a STIRRING (The Guardian) and BRILLIANTLY EVOCATIVE NEW SCORE (BBC). A sensation when it re-premiered in London's Trafalgar Square in 2007, KINO is proud to present A THROW OF DICE for the first time on US DVD. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A beautiful Indian experience!I had been eagerly awaiting this new Kino release for over a year, ever since hearing about its successful screening in London, and also because it combines two of my favourite film genres: silent and Indian. It might surprise many in the West to know that India was also making its own films already in the mid 1910s just like the rest of the world, but due to lack of sufficient interest and funding, most of India's silent productions might never see the light of day again. This makes "A Throw ... Read More Rating:  - A Silent Indian-German Co-Production.I'm sure that most people (myself included) had no idea that an Indian cinema existed before the films of Satyajit Ray. A THROW OF DICE or PRAPANCHA PASH to give the film its Indian title was one of several films made by the team of German film director Franz Osten and Indian actor Himansu Rai (an earlier example of a Merchant-Ivory type collaboration). It was completed in 1929 right on the cusp of sound but is a bona fide silent. The story comes from the Indian epic THE MAHABARATA and tells of two ... Read More |
