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Remastered version with English subtitles?

posted 15 years ago by lisamck519
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Is there a possibility of a remastered version w/ English subtitles? Sure would like to trade in the grainy tv version currently out there. What a great show! It deserves to be remastered.

[–] senkisem 15 years ago

RUSCICO has it ($60 for 6 DVDs, remastered, English subtitles) http://ruscico.com/dvd.php?lang=en&dvd=398

BTW, the originally B&W series has just been colorized in Russia (in an international cooperation), and the audio cleaned up.

[–] proterozoic 15 years ago

There were also, apparently, numerous cuts, including removal of much dialogue, that ended up shortening some of the episodes by as much as 20%. Most Russians who have seen and loved the original version aren't very happy - the colorization has been compared to dubbing Charlie Chaplin's silent films.

[–] aleks-sedov 15 years ago

In new colour version, they did as if "wide-format screen" - they just cutted an image at the top and at the bottom... the cutted stuff are, maybe, 25% in total (from an original one).

The B&W original version is preferable, no doubt...

[–] proterozoic 15 years ago

Actually, the Russian Wikipedia lists many instances of cut footage, including, apparently, a number of notable moments and lines that had become cultural catch-phrases in the USSR. In general, it seems that it's safer to stick with the original B&W version for authenticity. I don't know if it's possible to find English subtitles for it, though.