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I Don’t Want to
Be a Man

(1918)

 

Ossi Oswalda stars in this Ernst Lubitsch comedy.

coverKino Classics
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition

The Doll (1919), color-tinted black & white, 68 minutes, not rated, with I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K26362, UPC 7-38329-26362-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 38.4 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.7 Mbps audio bit rate (music) and Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate (commentary); German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 4 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 15 August 2023.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration print prepared by the F.W. Murnau Stiftung. Some of the surviving material utilized for the restoration was a bit contrasty with occasional blown-out highlights that lose facial details. Other portions of the material is more detailed with better highlight detail but with darker shadows.

The film is presented with a music score performed on piano by Neil Brand, and he captures a feeling of the time in post-war Germany in his choice of themes.

Supplementary material includes audio commentary by author Joseph McBride.

This is our recommended home video edition of this film.

 
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coverKino International
2006 DVD edition

The Oyster Princess (1919), black & white, 60 minutes, not rated, with I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K515, UPC 7-38329-05152-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; 9 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 5 December 2006.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration print prepared by the F.W. Murnau Foundation.

The film is presented with a music score performed on piano by Neil Brand.

 
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coverEureka Entertainment
2010 DVD edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 581 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918), black & white, 45 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.

Eureka Entertainment,
unknown catalog number (MoC94), unknown UPC number.
Six single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced? scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, German language intertitles, English language subtitles, chapter stops; six slimline keep cases in cardboard slipcase; £49.99.
Release date: 25 January 2010.
Country of origin: England
This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from the same 35mm restoration materials prepared by the F.W. Murnau Foundation as for the 2006 Kino International edition noted above.

Among the supplemental materials is a short essay on the film by Anna Thorngate.

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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Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.

Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

Other GENDER BENDER FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
 
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