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Benjamin
Christensen
(1879-1959)
(1914-1916)

Contents: Det hemmelighedsfulde X [Sealed Orders] (1914) and Hævnens nat [Blind Justice] (1916).

Danish Film Institute
2004? DVD edition

Benjamin Christensen (1879-1959) (1914-1916), black & white, 185 minutes total, not rated, including Det hemmelighedsfulde X [Sealed Orders] (1914), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated, and Hævnens nat [Blind Justice] (1916), black & white, 100 minutes, not rated.

Danish Film Institute, distributed by Edition Filmmuseum,
DFIBJC, no UPC number.
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 ? 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; Danish language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 159,00 (€19,95).
Release date: 2004?
Country of origin: Denmark •

Benjamin Christensen’s first film has been released in this PAL DVD edition by the Danish Film Institute in an edition prepared from a print that it holds in its film archive.

The disc features musical accompaniment by Neil Brand.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films, see our Sealed Orders on home video and Blind Justice on home video pages.

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 directly from . . .