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German
Horror Classics
(1920-1924)

Contents: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Nosferatu (1922), The Golem (1920), Waxworks (1924), and exerpts from Genuine (1920).

2002 Kino International edition

German Horror Classics (1920-1924), color-tinted and color-toned black & white
and black & white, 337 minutes total, not rated,
including The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 75 minutes, not rated, with Nosferatu (1922), color-tinted black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, The Golem (1920), color-tinted black & white, 86 minutes, not rated, Waxworks (1924), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated, and exerpts from Genuine (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 44 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K257, UPC 7-38329-02572-4.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, four single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, 6 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, four keep cases in cardboard slipcase, $89.95.
DVD release date: 24 September 2002.
Country of origin: USA

Kino International scores big with this box-set release of four classic German films of the silent era, all of them currently being the best available home video editions of the films.

For our review of this edition of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), see our Cabinet of Dr. Caligari on DVD page.

For our review of this edition of Nosferatu (1922), see our Nosferatu on DVD page.

For our review of this edition of The Golem (1920), see our Golem on DVD page.

For our review of this edition of Waxworks (1924), see our Waxworks on DVD page.

Even if you currently own one or more of these films on DVD, here is an option to upgrade your collection at a discount to our most-favored editions of these German horror classics. We highly recommend this collection.

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 GERMAN silent era films available on home video.

Other silent era horror films available on home video:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) [Epstein]
Faust (1926)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Häxan (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
L’Inferno (1911)
Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921)
Maciste in Hell (1926)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Penalty (1920)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
The Unknown (1927)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)

Other F.W. MURNAU films available on home video.

Other silent era EMIL JANNINGS films available on home video.

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