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Verdun,
visions d’histoire
(1928) |
This documentary-drama, directed by Léon Poirier, stars Albert Préjean, Jeanne Marie-Laurent, Suzanne Bianchetti, Hans Brausewetter and Thomy Bourdelle.
This World War I drama is intercut with a substantial amount of documentary footage to boost the overall gravitas. |
 Carlotta Films US
2014 DVD edition
Verdun, visions d’histoire (1928), black & white, 151 minutes, not rated, with La Revanche des français devant Verdun (Octobre-Décembre 1916) (1917), black & white, 29 minutes, not rated.
Carlotta Films US, K1509, UPC 7-38329-15092-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English, German, Spanish and Japanese language subtitles; 16 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 2014.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8. |
This DVD edition has been mastered from the 2006 restoration by La Cinémathèque de Toulouse.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano by Hakim Bentchouala-Golobitch.
The supplemental material includes a brief documentary on the restoration of the film (13 minutes), another on the historical importance of the film (16 minutes), and the documentary film La Revanche des français devant Verdun (Octobre-Décembre 1916) [The French Take Their Revenge in Verdun, October-December 1916] (1917) (29 minutes).
While there is a sister home video edition from Carlotta Films intended for European sales, this is our recommended edition for NTSC home video collectors.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Carlotta Films
2006 DVD edition
Verdun, visions d’histoire (1928), black & white, 151 minutes, not rated, with La Revanche des français devant Verdun (Octobre-Décembre 1916) (1917), black & white, 29 minutes, not rated.
Carlotta Films,
unknown catalogue number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English, German, Spanish and Japanese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 7 November 2006.
Country of origin: France
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This French PAL DVD edition has been mastered from the 2006 restoration by La Cinémathèque de Toulouse.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed on piano by Hakim Bentchouala-Golobitch.
The supplemental material includes a brief documentary on the restoration of the film (13 minutes), another on the historical importance of the film (16 minutes), and the documentary film La Revanche des français devant Verdun (Octobre-Décembre 1916) [The French Take Their Revenge in Verdun, October-December 1916] (1917) (29 minutes).
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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