Manfred Noa directed this historical drama starring Werner Krauss and Carl de Vogt.

This PAL edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print that is a bit contrasty, with lost details in highlights in nearly every shot, but with reasonably open shadows. Midrange graytones are well represented with very-good image detail, and the picture is reasonably stable. Dust, speckling, some processing flaws and very minor print damage are present, but rarely seen at a level of distraction. The full-frame video transfer has been made at a natural speed resulting in a slight jerkiness to some of the action, indicating a slower original camera cranking speed of approximately 16 frames per second. The film is presented with color tints — always a good choice with their tinted highlights that visually stand-in for blasted-out detail and help hold the remaining highlights detail — that are those of the source print or have been added for this presentation.

The film is presented with optional accompaniment; one a music score composed by Aljoscha Zimmermann, and performed by Sabrina Hausman and Mark Pogolski on piano and violin, the other an improvised piano score performed by Joachim Bärenz. The supplemental material includes an image gallery of lobby cards.

This high-quality edition is recommended to all with a PAL disc player. Those who have NTSC-only players will have to wait for an American company to release the title.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 PAL DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk.