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J’accuse
(1919)

Abel Gance’s first major work, a mammoth indictment of war, stars Marise Dauvray, Séverin-Mars and Romuald Joubé.

2008 Flicker Alley edition

J’accuse (1919), black & white and color-toned and color-tinted black & white,
166 minutes, not rated,
with Paris pendant la guerre (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Fighting the War (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0009, UPC 6-17311-67399-3, ISBN 1-893967-39-5.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, two single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $39.95.
DVD release date: 16 September 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Our first look reveals an excellent full-frame video transfer that has chiefly utilized a 35mm nitrate positive held by the Nederlands Filmmuseum.

A joint effort of Lobster Films, Paris, and the Nederlands Filmmuseum, with assistance from Kevin Brownlow, David Shepard and Lenny Borger, the film has been restored as closely as possible to its 1919 premiere form.

The film is accompanied by an orchestral music score compiled, arranged and conducted by Robert Israel.

Among the supplemental material is a booklet contain essays by historians Kevin Brownlow and Leslie Hawkins.

Based on our early viewing of this disc, we enthusiastically recommend it — not only for its tremendous disc production but also for this full-length version of this highly-prized film.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk.

Other silent era Abel Gance films available on home video:
Au secours! (1924)
La folie du Docteur Tube (1915)
Napoléon (1927)
La roue (1922)

Other FRENCH silent era films available on home video.

Other silent era WORLD WAR I films available on home video.

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