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Reviews of silent film releases on DVD home video.
Copyright © 1999-2008 by Carl Bennett. All Rights Reserved.
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The White Hell of
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 2005 Kino International edition
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), black & white, 133 minutes, not rated
Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
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, $29.95.
DVD release date: 8 November 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This edition has likely been mastered from the best available 35mm film elements. The disc also contains a 2002 Leni Riefenstahl video interview, considered to be the last before her 2003 death.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
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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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 1999 Arthaus edition
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), black & white, 133 minutes, not rated
Arthaus, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, one single-sided, single-layered? DVD disc, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, German language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, €14.99.
DVD release date: 25 September 1999.
Country of origin: Germany
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This early German edition is still available to European collectors.
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 2005 Grapevine Video edition
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 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: October 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print. The disc also features an alternative ending.
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.
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Other silent era G.W. Pabst films available on DVD home video:
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
The Joyless Street (1925)
The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
Secrets of a Soul (1926)
The Treasure (1923)
Other silent era Leni Riefenstahl films available on DVD home video:
The Holy Mountain (1926)
Other German silent era films available on DVD home video:
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Asphalt (1929)
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
Destiny (1921)
Different from the Others (1919)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
The Doll (1919)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
Faust (1926)
Das fidele Gefängnis (1917) with Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Genuine (1920)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1920)
The Indian Tomb (1921)
The Last Laugh (1924)
Madame Du Barry (1919)
Metropolis (1927)
Michael (1924)
Die Nibelungen (1924)
Nosferatu (1922)
Opus I (1921)
Othello (1922)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
People on Sunday (1929)
Phantom (1922)
Sex in Chains (1928)
The Spiders (1919-1920)
Spies (1928)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Sumurun [One Arabian Night] (1920)
Tartuffe (1926)
The Treasure (1923)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)
The Wildcat (1921)
The Woman in the Moon (1929)
About German filmmakers:
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006)
Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny (1998)
The Way to Murnau (2003)
Collections and boxsets that include German silent era films:
Fritz Lang Epic Collection (1924-1929)
The F.W. Murnau Collection (1922-1931)
German Expressionism Collection (1920-1926)
German Horror Classics (1920-1924)
Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921)
The Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema (1920-1922)
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