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Leaves From
Satan’s Book
(1920)

Inspired by D.W. Griffit h’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), Carl Theodor Dreyer created this multistoried film that is linked thematically by the influence of Satan.

2005 Image Entertainment edition

Leaves From Satan’s Book (1920), color-toned black & white, 121 minutes, not rated.

Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID5671DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-56712-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 5 April 2005.
Country of origin: USA

This high-quality edition of Dreyer’s second film has been mastered from 35mm materials, which should yield very-good to excellent visual quality.

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.

2009? Danish Film Institute edition

Leaves From Satan’s Book (1920), black & white, 157 minutes, not rated.

Danish Film Institute, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 1.33:1 PAL, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, Danish language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, DKK 99,00 (€19,95).
DVD release date: 2009?
Country of origin: Denmark

This early film by Carl Theodor Dreyer, his second as director, has been released on PAL DVD by the Danish Film Institute. The disc has been mastered in high-definition from a restored fine-grain duplicate negative.

This Region 0 PAL DVD is available directly from the Danish Film Institute.
This Region 0 PAL DVD is also available from Edition Filmmuseum.

2003 Grapevine Video edition

Leaves From Satan’s Book (1920), black & white, 130 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 1.33:1 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $16.95 (reduced to $12.95).
DVD release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA

This public-domain edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc is available directly from Grapevine Video.

Other silent era CARL THEODOR DREYER films available on home video.

Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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