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L’argent
(1928)

2008 Eureka Entertainment edition

L’argent (1928), black & white, 164 minutes, not rated.

Eureka Entertainment, unknown catalog number (MoC 40), unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, £22.99.
DVD release date: 24 November 2008.
Country of origin: England

This British Region 2 PAL edition has been mastered from a fine-grain 35mm print struck from the original camera negative.

The film is accompanied by an improved piano score performed by Jean-François Zygel.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 2 PAL DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk.

2008 Carlotta Films edition

L’argent (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Carlotta Films, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, plastic trays in cardboard wrapper with cardboard slipcase?, €29.95.
DVD release date: 24 April 2008.
Country of origin: France

This French Region 2 PAL edition has been described as transferred from very-good print materials. The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano.

The supplemental material includes other films by director Marcel l’Herbier, and a 1928 documentary by Jean Dréville.

The disc was awarded the Best ‘Lost Silent’ DVD by Il Cinema Ritrovato.

France: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 2 PAL DVD of this edition from Amazon.fr.

Other FRENCH silent era films available on home video.

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