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The Saga of
Gosta Berling
(1924)
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This mammoth Swedish feature film was directed by Mauritz Stiller, and stars Lars Hansen and features Greta Garbo in a major supporting role.
While the film is thought to no longer exist in its two-part 1924 premiere form, the film was reconstructed from existing prints in 1975 to nearly 90 percent of its original length.
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 Kino on Video
2006 DVD edition
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), black & white, 184 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K469, UPC 7-38329-04692-7.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 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, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 25 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 6 June 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition reveals shows that, in addition to the main feature, which has been transferred from the very-good 1975 35mm restoration print, with English intertitles, the disc includes excerpts from Luffar-Petter (1922) featuring Greta Garbo (10 minutes), a featurette “Rediscovering Sweden: Peter Cowie Introduces the Films of Mauritz Stiller,” newsreel footage of Garbo’s 1929 return to America from Sweden (2 minutes), and advertising films featuring a young Garbo (4 minutes).
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Svensk Filmindustri International
200? DVD edition
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), color-tinted black & white, 134 minutes, Classification 15.
Svensk Filmindustri International,
unknown catalogue number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 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; Swedish language intertitles, optional English, French, German and Portuguese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £24.95.
Release date: 200?.
Country of origin: Sweden
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration materials.
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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This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Sunrise Silents
2005 DVD edition
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), color-tinted black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents,
GBSG-N (NTSC) and GBSG-P (PAL), no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD-R disc; 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase; $21.95.
Release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score performed on MIDI synthesizer.
If you own a copy of this disc please consider loaning it to us to review for documentation purposes. We pay postage both ways.
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SUNRISE SILENTS has discontinued business and this edition is . . .
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Other silent era GRETA GARBO films available on home video.
Other SWEDISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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