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The Adventures of
Prince Achmed
(1926)
on

2002 Milestone Film & Video edition

The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated, with Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film (1999), color and black & white, 60 minutes, not rated.

Milestone Film & Video, ID1017MLSDVD, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English? language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles?, chapter stops, keep case, $29.99.
DVD release date: 3 December 2002
Country of origin: USA

This edition of this amazing feature-length animated film has been prepared from 35mm materials and features a new stereo recording of the original 1926 music score.

The supplemental material includes an optional voiceover narration soundtrack, the documentary Lotte Reiniger: Homage to the Inventor of the Silhouette Film written and directed by Katja Raganelli, a 1921 animated advertising trailer by Lotte Reiniger, and a still photo gallery.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

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