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Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg (1927-1928)

Contents: Underworld (1927), The Last Command (1928) and The Docks of New York (1928).

This DVD collection of three late silent era films directed by Josef von Sternberg features new, restored high-definition digital transfers of each of the films.

Read our reviews of the individual films on our Underworld on home video, The Last Command on home video, and The Docks of New York on home video pages.

The collection features six musical scores to accompany the films: one full orchestral score each by Robert Israel for the three films, two scores for Underworld and The Last Command by the Alloy Orchestra, and a piano and voice piece by Donald Sosin and Joanne Seaton for The Docks of New York.

The collection’s supplemental material includes visual essays by UCLA film professor Janet Bergstrom and film scholar Tag Gallagher, a 1968 Swedish television interview with Sternberg, and a 96-page booklet featuring the original film treatment for Underworld by Ben Hecht, essays by film critic Geoffrey O’Brien, film scholar Anton Kaes, and author Luc Sante, and an excerpt on actor Emil Jannings from Sternberg’s autobiography, Fun in a Chinese Laundry.

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