Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Eerie Tales
(1919)
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Conrad Veidt stars in this Richard Oswald film that also features Anita Berber, Reinhold Schünzel, Hugo Döblin, Paul Morgan and Georg John.
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 Sinister Cinema
2000 DVD edition
Eerie Tales (1919), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated.
Sinister Cinema, H477, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, permanent English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 2000
Country of origin: USA •
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a very-good 35mm print with German intertitles, which is of reasonable image detail and greyscale range. The top of the picture is a little more cropped than it should be.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled from preexisting film sources.
Not bad for a small company disc, this DVD is recommended until a higher quality edition is released.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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 Alpha Video
2018 DVD edition
Eerie Tales (1919), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 8025D, UPC 0-89218-80259-0.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 16 January 2018
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 compiled music score of preexisting recordings.
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Other silent era CONRAD VEIDT films available on home video.
Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other HORROR FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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