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Leaves from Satan’s Book
(1921)
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Inspired by D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), Carl Theodor Dreyer created this multistoried film that is linked thematically by the influence of Satan.

2005 Image Entertainment edition

Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921), color-toned black & white, 121 minutes, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID5671DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-56712-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? 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, $24.99.
DVD release date: 5 April 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This high-quality edition of Dreyer’s second film has been mastered from 35mm materials, which should yield very-good to excellent visual quality.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

2003 Grapevine Video edition

Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921), black & white, 130 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 1.33:1 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95.
DVD release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA

This public-domain edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era Carl Theodor Dreyer films available on DVD home video:
Michael (1924)
The Parson’s Widow (1920)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The President (1919)
Der var engang (1922)

Other silent era horror films available on DVD home video:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) [Epstein]
Faust (1926)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Häxan (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
L’Inferno (1911)
Maciste in Hell (1926)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Penalty (1920)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
The Unknown (1927)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)

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