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The Black Dream
(1911)
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This first Danish feature film, directed by Peter Urban Gad, stars Asta Nielsen and Valdemar Psilander, with Gunnar Helsengren and Poul Baastrup.
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 Danish Film Institute
2005? DVD edition
Asta Nielsen (1910-1919), black & white, 191 minutes total, not rated, including Det sorte Drøm [The Black Dream] (1911), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated.
Danish Film Institute, DFIASTAN, no 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; Danish and English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 159,00.
Release date: 2005?
Country of origin: Denmark •
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from 35mm archival film materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Ronen Thalmay.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. 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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This Region 0 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Black Dream (1911), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 20 March 2025
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era ASTA NIELSEN films available on home video.
Other DANISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other EARLY FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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