Medvezh’ia svad’ba
Also known as [The Bear’s Wedding], [Marriage of the Bear], [The Legend of the Bear’s Wedding]
(1926) Soviet Union
B&W : [?] Eight? reels / 2296 metres
Directed by Konstantin Eggert and Vladimir Gardin
Cast: Konstantin Eggert, Vera Malinovskaya [Yulka], Yuri Zavadsky [Olgert], Alezander Geirot, Galina Kravchenko, Natalya Rozenel
Mezhrabpom-Rus’ production; distributed by [?] Sovkino? / Scenario by Grigorii Grebner and Anatolii V. Lunacharskii, from a play adaptation by Anatolii Lunacharskii of a short story by Prosper Mérimée. Assistant director, Yuli Raizman. Cinematography by Pyotr Yermolov + [Eduard Tisse (prologue)]. / Released 25 January 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Gardin directed the film’s prologue. The film was released in the USA by Amkino Corporation on 20 May 1927. The film was rereleased in the USA on 28 July 1928.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Russia]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 10 August 2009.
References: Youngblood-Soviet pp. 54, 78, 85, 94, 102, 104, 113, 115, 134, 185, 268, 270, 318 : Website-IMDb.
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