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Reviews of silent film releases on DVD home video.
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The Saga of
Gosta Berling
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This mammoth Swedish feature film was directed by Mauritz Stiller, and stars Lars Hansen and features Greta Garbo in a major supporting role.
While the film is thought to no longer exist in its two-part 1924 premiere form, the film was reconstructed from existing prints in 1975 to nearly 90 percent of its original length.
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 2006 Kino International edition
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), black & white, 184 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K469, UPC 7-38329-04692-7.
Full-frame 4:3 and anamorphic 16:9 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 1, 4 Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 25 chapter stops, keep case, $29.95.
DVD release date: 6 June 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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 Our first look at this edition shows that, in addition to the main feature, which has been transferred from the very-good 1975 35mm restoration print, with English intertitles, the disc includes excerpts from Luffar-Petter (1922) featuring Greta Garbo (10 minutes), a featurette "Rediscovering Sweden: Peter Cowie Introduces the Films of Mauritz Stiller,” newsreel footage of Garbo’s 1929 return to America from Sweden (2 minutes), and advertising films featuring a young Garbo (4 minutes).
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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| This Region 1 NTSC DVD is also available directly from Kino International. |
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 2005 Sunrise Silents edition
The Saga of Gosta Berling (1924), color-tinted black & white, 110 minutes, not rated.
Sunrise Silents, GBSG-N (NTSC) and GBSG-P (PAL), no UPC number.
Windowboxed 4:3 NTSC or PAL, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $21.95.
DVD release date: 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This public-domain edition has likely been transferred from a 16mm reduction print.
This Region 0 NTSC or PAL DVD is available directly from Sunrise Silents.
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Other silent era Greta Garbo films available on DVD home video:
Flesh and the Devil (1927)
The Joyless Street (1925)
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
The Temptress (1926)
Other Swedish silent era films available on DVD home video:
Erotikon (1920)
Sir Arne’s Treasure (1919)
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