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The F.W. Murnau
Collection
(1922-1931)

Contents: Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924), Tartuffe (1926), Faust (1926) and Tabu (1931).

2003 Kino International edition

The F.W. Murnau Collection (1922-1931), color-tinted black & white,
color-tinted black & white and black & white, 444 minutes total, not rated,
including Nosferatu (1922), color-tinted black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, The Last Laugh (1924), black & white, 91 minutes, not rated, Tartuffe (1926), color-toned black & white, 63 minutes, not rated, Faust (1926), black & white, 116 minutes, not rated, and Tabu (1931), black & white, 81 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, UPC 7-38329-03212-8.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, 5.5 Mbps average video bit rate, 192 kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $119.95.
DVD release date: 11 November 2003.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8.

This collection of DVD editions of F.W. Murnau’s major works (minus Sunrise) is available in this box set from Kino International (which includes Milestone’s edition of Tabu). All are fine films, worth owning in these discs that represent the best-available editions of the films in Region 1. Picture quality on each is the best that we have seen of these films on home video.

For our review of this edition of Nosferatu (1922) see our Nosferatu on DVD home video page; for our review of this edition of The Last Laugh (1924) see our The Last Laugh on DVD home video page; for our review of this edition of Tartuffe (1925) see our Tartuffe on DVD home video page; for our review of this edition of Faust (1926) see our Faust on DVD home video page; for our review of this edition of Tabu (1931) see our Tabu on DVD home video page.

We highly recommended this F.W. Murnau box set for its high quality and value.

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 F.W. MURNAU films available on home video.

Other silent era EMIL JANNINGS films available on home video.

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)

F.W. Murnau filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List

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