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Lubitsch in Berlin
(1919-1921)

Contents: The Doll (1919), I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1919), The Oyster Princess (1919), Anna Boleyn (1920), Sumurun (1920), The Wildcat (1921) and Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006).

These boxsets and collections, one from the USA and two from the United Kingdom, contain six Ernst Lubitsch silent feature films produced in Germany with a full-length documentary.

Masters of Cinema
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 580 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1919), black & white, 45 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Doll (1919), color-toned black & white, 64 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Oyster Princess (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Anna Boleyn (1920), color-toned black & white, 118 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Sumurun (1920), color-tinted black & white, 103 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Wildcat (1921), black & white, 82 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, and Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.

Eureka Entertainment, EKA70270 (MoC 175-180), unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard three-disc BD keepcase; £16.99.
Release date: 18 September 2017.
Country of origin: England

This British three-disc Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from 35mm restoration prints prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

Supplementary material includes the feature-length documentary Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin by Robert Fischer; and an insert booklet with writings by David Cairns, Anna Thorngate, and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.

Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of these films for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.

Kino International
2007 DVD edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 581 minutes total, not rated, including I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1919), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated, The Doll (1919), color-toned black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, The Oyster Princess (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, Anna Boleyn (1920), color-toned black & white, 118 minutes, not rated, Sumurun (1920), color-tinted black & white, 103 minutes, not rated, The Wildcat (1921), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, and Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; five standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $29.95.
Release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This six-film DVD boxset has been mastered from the 35mm restoration prints prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung. The source prints utilized for the video transfers range from very-good to excellent.

For reviews of the individual films, see our pages: I Don’t Want to Be a Man on home video, The Doll on home video, The Oyster Princess on home video, Anna Boleyn on home video, Sumurun on home video, and The Wildcat on home video, plus Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin on home video.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films for North American collectors.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase support Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 1 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase support Silent Era.

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Masters of Cinema
2010 DVD edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 581 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1919), black & white, 45 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Doll (1919), color-toned black & white, 64 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Oyster Princess (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Anna Boleyn (1920), color-toned black & white, 118 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, Sumurun (1920), color-tinted black & white, 103 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, The Wildcat (1921), black & white, 82 minutes, BBFC Classification PG, and Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.

Eureka Entertainment, unknown catalog number (MoC94-99), unknown UPC number.
Six single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; six slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; £49.99.
Release date: 25 January 2010.
Country of origin: England

This six-disc DVD boxet has been mastered from the same 35mm restoration prints prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung as for the 2007 Kino International boxset edition noted above.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of these films for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.