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German
Expressionism Collection
(1920-1926)
on

Contents: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), Warning Shadows (1923), The Hands of Orlac (1924), and Secrets of a Soul (1926).

2008 Kino International edition

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 75 minutes, not rated, with Warning Shadows (1923), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, The Hands of Orlac (1924), black & white, 110 minutes, not rated, and Secrets of a Soul (1926), black & white, 75 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, four single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, four slimline keep cases in cardboard slipcase, $69.95.
DVD release date: 19 February 2008.
Country of origin: USA

Kino International compiled this boxset release of four expressionist German films of the silent era, all of them currently being the best available home video editions of the films.

For our reviews of these discs, see our The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Warning Shadows, The Hands of Orlac and Secrets of a Soul DVD pages.For our review of this edition of WaxworksFor our review of this edition of Nosferatu

Even if you currently own one or more of these films on DVD, here is an option to upgrade your collection at a discount to our most-favored editions of these German expressionism classics. We highly recommend this collection.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
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Other German silent era films available on DVD home video:
Anna Boleyn (1920)
Asphalt (1929)
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927)
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Deerslayer and Chingachgook (1920)
Destiny (1921)
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
Different from the Others (1919)
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922)
The Doll (1919)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
Faust (1926)
Das fidele Gefängnis (1917) with Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Genuine (1920)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
The Holy Mountain (1926)
I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1920)
The Indian Tomb (1921)
The Joyless Street (1925)
The Last Laugh (1924)
The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
Madame Du Barry (1919)
Metropolis (1927)
Michael (1924)
Die Nibelungen (1924)
Nosferatu (1922)
Opus I (1921)
Othello (1922)
The Oyster Princess (1919)
Pandora’s Box (1929)
People on Sunday (1929)
Phantom (1922)
Secrets of a Soul (1926)
Sex in Chains (1928)
The Spiders (1919-1920)
Spies (1928)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
Sumurun [One Arabian Night] (1920)
Tartuffe (1926)
The Treasure (1923)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)
The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929)
The Wildcat (1921)
The Woman in the Moon (1929)

About German filmmakers:
Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006)
Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny (1998)
The Way to Murnau (2003)

Collections and boxsets that include German silent era films:
Fritz Lang Epic Collection (1924-1929)
The F.W. Murnau Collection (1922-1931)
Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921)
The Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema (1920-1922)

Other silent era horror films available on DVD home video:
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
Eyes of the Mummy (1918)
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) [Epstein]
Faust (1926)
The Golem (1920)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Häxan (1922)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
L’Inferno (1911)
Leaves from Satan’s Book (1921)
Maciste in Hell (1926)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Nosferatu (1922)
The Penalty (1920)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Student of Prague (1913)
The Student of Prague (1926)
The Unknown (1927)
Warning Shadows (1923)
Waxworks (1924)

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