Erpressung (1929) - Arthaus (Germany, 2002)
Erpressung (1929) - aka "Blackmail"
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DVD Contents - Overview
DVD Information
- released by Arthaus, Kinowelt Home Entertainment and Studio Canal in 2002 (Germany)
- region encoding: region 2
- format: 1 disc, dual layer (DVD9), in Amaray case
- release date: 2002
- UPC/EAN: 4006680026435
- main transfer: PAL black & white (720x576)
- database ID: 1102
DVD Contents - Detailed Information
- Blackmail (1929)
- Blackmail (1929) - silent version
- length: 82 minutes (01:21:49)
- audio: silent with stereo score (DD2.0) by composer Joachim Barenz
- intertitles: English
- subtitles: none
- ratio: 1.33:1
- bitrate: 5.56 Mb/sec
- Photo gallery
- ratio: 1.33:1
- Test sound take with Anny Ondra and Hitchcock -- see Sound Test page for more details
Booklet/Insert
- Two sides, with chapter list in German.
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Comments and Notes
- The disc features both the sound version of the film, and also the silent version - the sound version has scenes that Hitchcock reshot and differs from the silent version on this disc.
- The silent version of the film features a new score by composer Joachim Barenz.
- The transfer has vertical matte bars, making the aspect ratio almost 1.13:1
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