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Early Murnau
Five Films, 1921-1925
(1921-1926)

Contents: The Haunted Castle (1921), Phantom (1922), The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924), The Last Laugh (1924) and Tartuffe (1926).

Masters of Cinema
2016 Blu-ray Disc edition

Early Murnau: Five Films, 1921-1925 (1921-1926), black & white, 433 minutes total, BBFC Certification PG, including The Haunted Castle (1921), black & white, ? minutes, BBFC Certification PG, Phantom (1922), black & white, 119 minutes, BBFC Certification PG, The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924), black & white, 78 minutes, BBFC Certification PG, The Last Laugh (1924), black & white, 90 minutes, BBFC Certification PG, and Tartuffe (1926), black & white, 70 minutes, BBFC Certification PG.

Eureka Entertainment,
EKA70222 (MoC 140-144), unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Discs; 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate; LPCM 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; 100-page insert book; standard three-disc BD keepcase [?] in cardboard cover wrap?; unknown suggested retail price.
Release date: 26 September 2016.
Country of origin: England

This Region B Blu-ray Disc collection has been mastered from 35mm restoration prints administered by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

The films are accompanied by music scores compiled, composed and performed by Neil Brand, Robert Israel, Berklee Silent Film Orchestra and Ekkehard Wölk.

Supplemental material includes sudio commentary by film historian David Kalat on The Grand Duke’s Finances; excerpts from The Language of Shadows by Luciano Berriatúa on the works of F.W. Murnau (31 minutes); featurette “The Making of The Last Laugh” by Luciano Berriatúa (41 minutes); featurette “Tartuffe: The Lost Film” by Berriatúa (37 minutes); a video essay by critic David Cairns; and a 100-page insert book including articles by Charles Jameux, Lotte Eisner, Janet Bergstrom and Tony Rayns.

Sight unseen, we recommend this home video collection for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.

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