Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Café Elektric
(1927)
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This feature drama, directed by Gustav Ucicky, stars Willi Forst and Marlene Dietrich, with Fritz Alberti, Anny Coty, Igo Sym, Vera Salvotti, Nina Vanna, Wilhelm Völcker and Albert von Kersten.
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 Hoanzl Edition Der Standard
2008 DVD edition
Café Elektric (1927), black & white, 91 minutes, not rated.
Hoanzl, 105, UPC 9-783902-618702, unknown ISBN number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 PAL 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; German language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; longbox DVD keepcase; €9.99.
Release date: 3 October 2008.
Country of origin: Austria
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This PAL DVD edition has likely been mastered from an archival 35mm print (although possibly incomplete).
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Gerhard Gruber.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. 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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This Region 0 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises
2018 DVD edition
Café Elektric (1927), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Silent Hall of Fame Enterprises, 187, 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; slimline CD jewelcase; $34.99 (raised again to $44.99).
Release date: 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been lifted from a copy of the Hoanzl DVD edition noted above. The publisher-provided still frame above indicates visual quality.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Not recommended unless you absolutely need to have a home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available through . . .
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Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Café Elektric (1927), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other AUSTRIAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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