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The Parson’s Widow
(1920)
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The Parson’s Widow (1920) is an early film by Carl Theodor Dreyer which displays an uncharacteristic (when compared to his later better-known films) sense of humor. — Carl Bennett

2004 Image Entertainment edition

The Parson’s Widow (1920), color-toned black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID0216DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-02162-2.
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, $24.99.
DVD release date: 21 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA

This edition of this early Dreyer film has been mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative, which should yield spectacular visual quality. The film is accompanied by a new music score adapted by Neal Kurtz from the music of Edvard Grieg.

Also included on the disc are two short Dreyer films from the 1940s, They Caught the Ferry (1948) and Thorvaldsen (1949).

 
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 Carl Theodor Dreyer films available on DVD home video:
Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921)
Michael (1924)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The President (1919)
Der var engang (1922)
 
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