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Fritz Lang
Epic Collection
(1924-1929)

Contents: Die Nibelungen (1924), Metropolis (1927), Spies (1928) and The Woman in the Moon (1929).

This boxset contains some of the best of director Fritz Lang’s silent films.

Kino on Video
2004 DVD edition

Fritz Lang Epic Collection (1924-1929), black & white, 719 minutes total, not rated, including Die Nibelungen (1924), black & white, 291 minutes, not rated, Metropolis (1927), black & white, 116 minutes, not rated, Spies (1928), black & white, 143 minutes, not rated, and The Woman in the Moon (1929), black & white, 169 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K386, UPC 7-38329-03862-5.
Five single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD discs; 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; four standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $99.95.
Release date: 9 November 2004.
Country of origin: USA

Kino International’s DVD boxset brings together two previously available Fritz Lang silent era films with two new releases. All of the films have been recently restored in Europe utilizing the best 35mm footage available to the restoration artists. All are likely to be the best available home video editions of the films, and feature footage that has not previously been available in U.S. home video editions.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films in this boxset, see our Die Nibelungen on home video, Metropolis on home video, Spies on home video and Woman in the Moon on home video pages.

It should be noted that all of the films in this boxset have been improved in recent Blu-ray Disc editions from Kino Lorber and those discs are the editions we recommend.

This Region 1 NTSC DVD boxset has been discontinued and is . . .