Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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A Man
There Was
(1917)
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 Kino International
2008 DVD edition
A Man There Was [Terje Vigen] (1917), color-tinted black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Ingeborg Holm (1913), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K597, UPC 7-38329-05972-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 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 subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 29 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of two of Victor Sjöström’s early films has been mastered from 35mm print materials.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment performed by Donald Sosin.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Svensk Filmindustri International
2007 DVD edition
Terje Vigen (1917), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.
Svensk Filmindustri International,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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, Swedish language intertitles, optional English, Italian and Portuguese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £24.99.
Release date: 2007
Country of origin: Sweden
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This PAL DVD is likely the best available European home video edition of Körkarlen.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM films available on home video.
Other SWEDISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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