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Hände:
Das Leben und die Liebe eines zärtlichen
Geschlechts
(1927)
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Hände (1927), created by Miklós Bándy and Stella F. Simon, tells a love story in an abstract and visually intriguing fashion. The film’s subtitle translates as “The Life and Loves of the Gentler Sex”.
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 Kino Classics
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
Silent Avant-Garde (1921-2022), black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white, and color, 188 minutes total, not rated, including Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines zärtlichen Geschlechts (1927), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K26157, UPC 7-38329-26157-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, 1.6 Kbps audio bit rate, DTS-HD 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, no chapter stops (within the film); standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 21 February 2023.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been digitally mastered from the 2022 2K high-resolution restoration prepared by the Deutsches Filminstitut and Filmmuseum, presumably from the excellent 35mm print held by The Museum of Modern Art. Digital restoration work has been performed as the image is very stable and is nearly free of speckling, dust and other print flaws.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Marc Blitzstein from the source print’s monaural optical soundtrack.
This is the best-looking home video edition of the film available and it is highly recommended.
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 Film Preservation Associates /
Anthology Film Archives
2005 DVD edition
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film (1894-1947), black & white, color-toned black & white and color, 1127 minutes total, not rated, including Hände: Das Leben und die Liebe eines Zärtlichen Geschlechts (1927), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates with Anthology Film Archives, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID0592DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05922-9.
Seven single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 mono sound, German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, chapter stops; seven slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard box; $99.99.
Release date: 18 October 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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Hände (1927) has been transferred from a very-good 35mm print held by The Museum of Modern Art.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Marc Blitzstein from the source print soundtrack. This early sound film utilized the RCA Photophone system.
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Other AVANT-GARDE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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