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Friedrich Schiller
(1923)
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Carl Goetz directed this historical drama that stars Theodor Loos as the young poet.
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 Edition Filmmuseum
2006 DVD edition
Friedrich Schiller (1923), color-toned black & white, 102 minutes, not rated.
Edition Filmmuseum, 02, UPC/EAN 4-260100-330025.
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 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English, French, Spanish and Portuguese language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; €19,95.
Release date: February 2006 (second edition, January 2009).
Country of origin: Germany
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This PAL DVD edition has been produced by Filmmuseum München and the Goethe-Institut, München, from the 2005 restoration of the film.
The film is presented with two optional improvised piano scores performed by Joachim Bärenz.
The supplemental material includes scenario exerpts (in German) for missing and deleted scenes.
This high-quality edition is recommended to all. 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 is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Friedrich Schiller (1923), black & white, 101 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; $19.99.
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 GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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