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Det første filmarkiv
[The First Film Archive]
(1899-1913)

Contents: 70 short films (1899-1912).

The collection contains the first 70 films donated to the Danish Film Archive: 20 films donated by Royal Court Photographer Peter Elfelt, 31 films dontated by Nordisk founder Ole Olsen, and 19 Politiken films donated by journalist Anker Kirkeby.

Danish Film Institute
2002 DVD edition

Det første filmarkiv: The First Film Archive (1899-1913), black & white, 225 minutes total, not rated.

Danish Film Institute, distributed by Edition Filmmuseum,
10002, UPC 5-706782-335129.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 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 4.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 96 Kbps audio bit rate (silent); Danish language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; 24-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 199,00 (€19,95).
Release date: 2002
Country of origin: Denmark •

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 0 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This PAL DVD collection of 70 early Danish films produced from 1899-1913 has been produced by the Danish Film Institute from archival 35mm print materials that are generally very-good.

The films are presented without accompanying music.

Supplementary material includes a 24-page booklet with writings by Thomas Christensen and Esben Krohn.

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

This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available from
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE through . . .