Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
Catherine
[Backbiters and
Une vie sans joie]
(1927)
|
This feature drama, directed by Jean Renoir and Albert Dieudonné, stars Catherine Hessling and Albert Dieudonné, with Eugénie Nau, Pierre Lestringuez, Pierre Champagne, Louis Gauthier, Oléo and Jean Renoir.
|
 Rare Films and More
201? DVD edition
Backbiters (1927), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.
Rarefilmsandmore.com, 5954, unknown UPC number.
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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English and Spanish language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $13.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
|
|
This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm or 16mm reduction print of the Albert Dieudonné cut of the film (entitled Backbiters).
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
|
|
This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
|
|
|
|
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
|
