F.W.Murnau.Die.Finanzen.Des.Grossherzogs.1924.DVDR.PAL.DVD9.MoC-85.nfo
DIE FINANZEN DES GROSSHERZOGS (1924) / PHANTOM (1922)
complete 2-disc boxset
AKAs:
Finances of the Grand Duke (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014900/
User Rating: 6.9/10 146 votes
The Phantom (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013496/
User Rating: 7.0/10 371 votes
Studio: Eureka Entertainment Ltd.
Masters of Cinema Series # 85-86
DVD Release Date: October 19, 2009
http://eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/die-finanzen-des-grosherzogs/
http://eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/phantom/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Phantom-Finanzen-Gro%C3%9Fherzogs-Masters-Cinema/dp/B002MPLR3A/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews46/the_finances_of_the_grand_duke.htm
http://dvdtimes.co.uk/content/id/71684/phantomdie-finanzen-des-gro&946;herzogs.html
Director: F.W. Murnau
Description:
Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs sees Murnau exploiting the Mediterranean clime to film the tale of a rakish duke whose lifestyle has dried up his noble coffers. When word arrives about the existence of valuable sulphur deposits on his tiny duchy of Abacco, a comic adventure of high-seas intrigue, 'animal impersonators', and the Crown Princess of Russia unreels at a sprightly pace. Max Schreck (the mythic actor behind the makeup of Nosferatu's Count Orlok two years earlier) appears in a supporting role, in what might be Murnau's nimblest effort.
After filming the landmark Nosferatu, the silent cinema's master innovator F. W. Murnau demonstrated the reach of his genre versatility with a pair of films that explored the dimensions of the psychodrama and the adventure-programmer. All the Murnau characteristics are present: a vibrant naturalism, exquisite imagery, passages of dreamlike revery, and an atmosphere redolent with romantic longing.
The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Phantom and Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs for the first time in the UK in their restored forms.
Format: PAL
DVD Size: 4.92 + 6.94 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (main feature): 78 min. (Finances) + 119 minutes (Phantom)
Color: Black and White (tinted)
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 OAR (both)
Sound: silent (score)
Subtitles: optional English subtitles with original intertitles
SPECIAL FEATURES:
# Original German-language intertitles with newly translated optional English-language subtitles.
# Audio commentary by film-scholar David Kalat on Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs.
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