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　　Due to some common interest/-*s between Ger!ma+!n and Russian arist ,o_^c-rac:-y ( th# e Russians:
even h)`a [d ari+`$stocra*?/ts i*n// the- ir+%] pa st not t^ o mention ,=/t[hey had an Empr_@ess ca+l led Catherine the( Grea,:t, a^*`s great as th[is German #count:(&=# #39s heiresses:`

… ), i?.#t is `not strange that=? th]+:is \;Teutonic count has
) _?\unde]rstoo-d a#-nd even ;%=enjoyed He=rr #?S. M. .Eisenstein's? "Staroy/\e ?I [Novoye&q\uot.　　It is n]?o]#:t  very usual that[ for t`!he aristocra]+)_cy t. o enj^^oy Bolshev
$;ist films full of pr^ oleta%rian +demands that put pri-_vate p=+/rop.erty at $ r)].is,/k or as it happens in this c#ase, ^:a _*@film about the =`+Commu#nist Part#:y's p(olicy on the subje?-ct / of the co-@llectivization of=*
/the Soviet agricult;:ure. Normally this woul )#d be; per_=fect gibberi`sh, for this # German c #=ount, bu#[t thanks to Herr \/Eise nste=*=in *:,'s greatness and direct-:(orial talent, the hardsh.!]ips of the hero!+ine of $the film, D`a\/me Mar)$]fa; ( \Dame Marfa , ?Lapkina ) br?-#ea\%ched_ eve%[n- `= (the thick aristocratic Sch]l`-os =s w`_!alls++.　　 @And\`/ that's ) on]%`!e of th $e first re?`markabl@*e ( aspects o$,
f [\this oeuvre in spite of the po[;litical subjec %t of @the film! /, the pow=er* ful image^`s and l)#[yricism !( as+-tonishing a)nd be+autiful shot,.= compositio+[ns (+` ) , especiall)^#y @du]` )@r *ing( the fi
r/s
[t pa` rt o?@
f the movie, preserve``\ the artistic meri\ t #s entirely while se(rving a?;_ propaganda purpose.; T#\he $secon[=d rema rkab=@#le as_pect o$f the fi* lm is the ]dichotomy between the old a//`nd new, the fight to im, p*rove the [:lot of D? ame Ma`#rfa an\;@d# her c#ou?:ntrymen. There are many discussi]ons beca ,u\ se:[! it[ i),^s no
/t easy even in Ru+ssia to c;_[hange ancient and conservative customs. There are superb :
met./aphors ])a#nd? social ;,cr#$=iticism ( i^^/lliteracy$, -: bur_%(eaucracy_!
, reli#giosity ) w(
hich pe^:rfectly fit th/)]e [ f,ilm, and last but not *_least, ?\,&qu#@otStaroye I No.voy?],e", is a [ =kind of archaic documentary about ancient cust!om@*s establi_*she))d deeply in old R!ussia, t[-hose on::es that our he,/roi*=ne must fi\,ght ag##
,ain*st. And there#\ is also a lot about a/=gri#(culture ( v+:ery en];ligh\/tening for this German !count), especially about harvesting and how to fatten ?Russian cows or pigs ,#-(=`[ litera`ll !y@,,,`:] no#]$ p(^un+) h##]ere… )@+.　!?　H] ?err Eisenste+i#$n had to bear (`during :the las#_#t era o(]f his !([f *ilm c??areer, u

nbe#
lievable censorsh[ip !;and m :[u_@^#t`i =latio/^n of his wo
%rk, as /]happe=. ns# with-, % "Sta[`roye I Novo]@)ye`(&quo,,t. Th\e film was r[ e edited an:d Eis*enste(^]i-n accu.sed of sy;mpathizing]*^-: w`ith Trostky&#(39+/]s
 p=%[-olic
)ies but fort  unately ]/-the-* film was restor\ed and showed by the Ge[\rman--[frenchi)fi$ ed t.v.[ c:[hannel "ARTE", natü  rli)(c@-h!+!(,, includin\#g?% a @n e vocative music ]+sc\.o;]?re)/@ #b;(y /]H^@^err Taras ]Bujew.]#ski, that fit s superbly Her(+r Eis+enste/%`in primal arti]/-stic i\ =nt_erest#* s.　　And now]*, if@ you\  &#_$39ll allow me,^%$ I$ mu`st t!]emporarily take my l/)ea
 +v @](e : (_because this German Count m@#^
ust. bu y a[ tractor for one( of hi^s = T*eutonic h,eire^:ss.