| Edition |
DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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stamping rdapm |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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1.0 Dolby Digital |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 907 |
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Criterion collection ; 907.
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| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 4:3 presentation; Dolby digital 1.0. |
| Language |
In German and French with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Fritz Kampers, Gustav Diessl, H. J. Moebis, Claus Clausen, Jackie Monnier, Hanna Hoessrich, Else Heller. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, F.A.Wagner, Ch. Métain. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1930. |
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Based on the novel Vier von der Infanterie / Ernst Johannsen. |
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1.19:1 aspect ratio. |
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A 2K digital restoration by the Deutsche Kinemathek in cooperation with the British Film Institute. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
G.W. Pabst brought the war movie into a new era with his first sound film, a mercilessly realistic depiction of the nightmare that scarred a generation, in the director's native Germany and beyond. Digging into the trenches with four infantrymen stationed in France in the final months of World War I, Pabst illustrates the harrowing ordeals of battle with unprecedented naturalism, as the men are worn away in body and spirit by firefights, and the disillusion that greets them on the home front. |
| Note |
Special features: Les dossiers de l'écran (hour-long French television broadcast of World War veterans reacting to the film in 1969); 2016 interview with film scholar Jan-Christopher Hora; new restoration demonstration featuring Martin Koerber and Julia Wallmüller of the Deutsche Kinemathek; brief audio interview from 1988 with editor Jean Oster; in booklet: essay by author and critic Luc Sante. |
| Subject |
World War (1914-1918) (OCoLC)fst01180746
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France -- Drama.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Drama.
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Military campaigns. (OCoLC)fst01710190
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France. (OCoLC)fst01204289
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| Chronological Term |
1914-1918
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| Genre/Form |
Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Fiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710264
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Historical films. (OCoLC)fst01710314
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War films. (OCoLC)fst01710402
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War films.
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Historical films.
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Film adaptations.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign language films -- German.
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| Added Author |
Pabst, G. W. (Georg Wilhelm), 1885-1967, film director.
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Vajda, Ladislaus, 1877-1933, screenwriter.
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Kampers, Fritz, actor.
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Diessl, Gustav, 1899-1948, actor.
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Moebis, H. J. (Hans Joachim), 1902-1976, actor.
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Clausen, Claus, 1899-1989, actor.
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Monnier, Jackie, actor.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Johannsen, Ernst, 1898-1977.
Vier von der Infanterie.
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Sante, Lucy, writer of supplementary textual material.
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Nero-Film A.G., production company.
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Vereinigte Star-Film GmbH, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681433943 |
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168143394X |
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0715515209212 |
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9780715515204 |
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0715515209 |
| Standard No. |
715515209212 |
| Music No. |
CC2844DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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