Such is Life DVD

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Such is Life presents the tragic story of an aging washerwoman, whose debauched husband – a ruffian and alcoholic – lives off of her hard work. This psychological drama, whose social themes draw on Emil Zola’s novel The Drinking Den (L’Assommoir), stands as a peak achievement of the silent cinema era with its highly developed film language, which utilizes a progressive montage technique and emphasizes the symbolic func- tion of the close-up.
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country of origin
Československo/Czechoslovakia
Original release date
1929
Language
subtitles
Code
D017
EAN
8594171151118
Weight
0.12 kg
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cast: Vera Baranovskaja, Theodor Pištěk, Jindřich Plachta and others

Such is Life presents the tragic story of an aging washerwoman, whose debauched husband – a ruffian and alcoholic – lives off of her hard work. This psychological drama, whose social themes draw on Emil Zola’s novel The Drinking Den (L’Assommoir), stands as a peak achievement of the silent cinema era with its highly developed film language, which utilizes a progressive montage technique and emphasizes the symbolic func- tion of the close-up.

Bonus materials:

Trailer Such is Life (Jan Bušta, 2016)

The Digital Restoration of the Most Common Types of Damage to Film Material (2016)

Newsreel footage from Deglův žurnál (1931)

Fifty Grams of Irresponsibility (1960)

Poisoned Life (1963)

Day after Day (1965)

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Screenplay
country of origin
Československo/Czechoslovakia
Original release date
1929
subtitles
Lenght
63 min
Release date
2017
aspect ratio
1.33:1 PAL

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