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Bloch, Serge. Donizetti, Gaetano Dzotap, Alain Serge Paradjanov, Sergei Prokofiev, SergeySummary: Set in contemporary Moscow where 12 men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murdering his step-father. Consigned to a makeshift jury room, one by one each man takes center stage to confront, connect, and confess while the accused awaits a verdict and revisits his heartbreaking journey through war in flashbacks.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN TWESummary: Anton fights the forces of darkness while trying to find and save his son, but when vampires from the dark side mysteriously get killed, he is framed for their murders and must now try to escape the Day Watch who is looking for his blood.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DAYParadjanov, Sergei
Summary: In a remote nineteenth century Carpathian mountain village, Ivan falls for the daughter of the man who murdered his father, but is separated from her by poverty and a sorcerer's curse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SHASummary: A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN RUSBloch, Serge.
Summary: A boy receives many confusing words of advice in the form of phrases like, "Dust yourself off and get back in the saddle."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLOSummary: After the death of his grandfather, Vasil wishes the neighboring farmers to share the use of a tractor purchased by the village council. Struggling against superstition, rich landowners and nature itself, he becomes the victim of a tragic murder.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Image Entertainment 2001
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Summary: Sam describes all of the things he likes doing with his dad.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Wilkins Farago 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLOBloch, Serge.
Summary: On the first day of school, a student is confused by many of the phrases that are used, such as when the librarian says not to open a can of worms, or when the teacher says he expects the class to be busy bees doing their homework.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 2008
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Summary: A boy who does not like trying new foods receives many confusing words of advice in the form of such phrases as "people need three square meals a day" and "I knew you were a tough cookie."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BLOProkofiev, Sergey
Summary: Retells the orchestral fairy tale of the boy, who, ignoring his grandfather's warnings, proceeds to capture a wolf.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Live Oak Media 1987
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J ORANGE PETProkofiev, Sergey
Summary: Retells the orchestral fairy tale in which a boy ignores his grandfather's warnings and captures a wolf with the help of a bird, a duck, and a cat.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2008
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: JE RasDzotap, Alain Serge
Summary: "Leo receives a pen for his birthday, and he asks the other animals for help discovering all the wonders inside the tiny tool"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE DZOSummary: A young boy ventures into the woods despite his grandfather's warning, and his courage is tested in an encounter with a wolf.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY PETSummary: A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Lorber 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN RUSSummary: After his wife dies, a man fulfills her cultural wishes and asks a close friend to travel with him and his wife's body to a traditional burial ground.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Video 2013
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SILSummary: Perličky na dně: These five eccentric tales take the viewer on a journey from a motorcycle race to a rain-soaked wedding party to an unexpected cross-cultural romance. -- Sedmikrasky: "Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them."--O...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion collection 2012
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PEASummary: Lermontov's famous fable tells of Ashik Kerib, the wandering minstrel who is trying to earn enough money to marry the girl he loves. But when the father of his beloved spurns him, Ashik is forced to roam the land for 1,001 nights.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN ASHSummary: The Georgians' repeated efforts at building a fortress against invaders fail until a fortune teller remembers an old prophecy that the son of her erstwhile lover must be bricked up alive in order for the fortress to stand.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2007
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN LEGSummary: In a yurt on the snow-covered fields of the North, Nanook and Sedna live following the traditions of their ancestors. Hunting becomes more and more difficult, the animals around them die from inexplicable causes, and the ice has been melting every year. Chena, who visits them regularly, is their only connection to their daughter Aga, who left the icy tundra long ago due to a family feud. When...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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2 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN AGASummary: Originally produced as individual silent motion pictures in France, the Netherlands, Germany, and the United States, these twenty-five short films epitomize the avant garde movement of the 1920's and 1930's. The films are drawn from the collection assembled by Raymond Rohauer, one of the nation's foremost proponents of experimental cinema, founder of the Hollywood Film Society, and longtime...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino International 2005
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1 available in Avant-Garde DVDs, Call number: DVD AVANT-GARDE AVASummary: Silent film reenactment detailing the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. The film was commissioned to Sergei Eisenstein to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Russian Revolution. Eisenstein chose to capture the spirit of the era by focusing on one place at one point in time: Petrograd between February and October 1917, and using a political perspective. The original version was...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Corinth Films 1998
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA OCTSummary: In a land torn apart by war, two men on opposite sides are about to find out they have one thing in common. Wounded and emotionally tortured, they are taken in by Anni, a young war widow. None of them understands the others' languages, but it doesn't seem to matter. After a hard day at work on Anni's farm, who needs words?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment 2003
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN CUCDonizetti, Gaetano
Summary: "In a feud between the Scottish families of Ravenswood and Lammermoor, Enrico has gained the upper hand over Edgardo, murdering his kinsmen and usurping his estates. By the time of the opera's action, in the late 17th century, Enrico's fortunes have begun to wane; in political disfavor, he stakes all on uniting his family with that of Arturo, whom he means to force his sister, Lucia, to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA LUCSummary: Dedee Truitt, a 16-year-old girl from Louisiana, flees to the suburban Indiana home of her gay half-brother Bill, where she proceeds to seduce his hunky live-in boyfriend, get pregnant, steal $10,000 and lead everyone in a chase across the country.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 2021