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The Parson’s
Widow
(1920)
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The Parson’s Widow (1920) is an early film by Carl Theodor Dreyer which displays an uncharacteristic (when compared to his later better-known films) sense of humor.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2004 DVD edition
The Parson’s Widow (1920), color-toned black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0216DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-02162-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered?, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 21 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of this early Dreyer film has been mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative, which should yield spectacular visual quality. The film is accompanied by a new music score adapted by Neal Kurtz from the music of Edvard Grieg.
Also included on the disc are two short Dreyer films from the 1940s, They Caught the Ferry (1948) and Thorvaldsen (1949).
This edition is now out-of-print.
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Other silent era CARL THEODOR DREYER films available on home video.
Other SWEDISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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