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Flesh and the Devil
(1927)
on

2005 Warner Home Video edition

Flesh and the Devil (1927), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated, with The Temptress (1926), black & white and color-toned black & white, 106 minutes, not rated, and The Mysterious Lady (1928), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.

Warner Home Video, 67472, UPC 0-12569-67472-1.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc and one dual-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, 23 chapter stops, keep case, $39.95.
DVD release date: 6 September 2005.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look at this edition of Flesh and the Devil reveals a crisp full-frame video transfer from an excellent 35mm print with very little dust and other flaws to mar a viewing experience.

This edition also features two other Garbo MGM silents, alternate endings to Flesh and the Devil and The Temptress, audio commentary on Flesh and the Devil by Barry Paris, on The Temptress by Mark A. Vieira, and on The Mysterious Lady by Tony Maietta and Jeffrey Vance, with additional documentaries.

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.

Other silent era Greta Garbo films available on DVD home video:
The Joyless Street (1925)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924)
The Temptress (1926)

Other silent era Clarence Brown films available on DVD home video:
The Eagle (1925)
The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
The Light in the Dark (1921)
Smouldering Fires (1924)

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