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A Man
There Was
(1917)

Kino International
2008 DVD edition

A Man There Was [Terje Vigen] (1917), color-tinted black & white, 53 minutes, not rated, with Ingeborg Holm (1913), black & white, 72 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K597, UPC 7-38329-05972-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD 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; $29.95.
Release date: 29 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition of two of Victor Sjöström’s early films has been mastered from 35mm print materials.

The film is presented with musical accompaniment performed by Donald Sosin.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Svensk Filmindustri International
2007 DVD edition

Terje Vigen (1917), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.

Svensk Filmindustri International,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 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; Swedish language intertitles, optional English, Italian and Portuguese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £24.99.
Release date: 2007
Country of origin: Sweden

This PAL DVD is likely the best available European home video edition of Körkarlen.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Other silent era VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM films available on home video.

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

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