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Mauprat
(1926)

This Jean Epstain drama, based on the novel by George Sand, stars Sandra Milovanoff and Maurice Schutz, with Nino Constantini, René Ferté, Alex Allin and Halma. Look for assistant director Luis Buñuel in a couple of extra appearances.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD
2014 DVD edition

Jean Epstein (1924-1948), black & white, color-tinted black & white, and color-toned black & white, 945 minutes total, not rated, including Mauprat (1926), black & white, color-tinted black & white, and color-toned black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD,
EDV2390, UPC 3-545020-028278.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc (eight discs in the set); 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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; 158-page insert book; three multidisc DVD trays in cardboard wraps in cardboard slipcase; €99,90.
Release date: 6 May 2014.
Country of origin: France

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This PAL DVD boxset edition has been mastered from very-good to excellent 35mm source materials, likely those held by La Cinémathèque française film archive. The print is a bit compromised by dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, schmutz, visible splices, vertical scratches, frame jitters and other flaws. That said, the overall viewing experience is very-good, especially on upscaling HD systems.

The film is presented with an excellent music score composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand.

This is our recommended home video of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD
2014 DVD edition

Jean Epstein: Première Vague (1926-1928), black & white, color-tinted black & white, and color-toned black & white, 271 minutes total, not rated, including Mauprat (1926), black & white, color-tinted black & white, and color-toned black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD,
EDV2390, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc (two discs in the set); 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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; two plastic DVD trays in cardboard wrap; €39,90.
Release date: 3 June 2014.
Country of origin: France

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from very-good to excellent 35mm source materials, likely those held by La Cinémathèque française film archive. The print is a bit compromised by dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, schmutz, visible splices, vertical scratches, frame jitters and other flaws. That said, the overall viewing experience is very-good, especially on upscaling HD systems.

The film is presented with an excellent music score composed and performed on piano by Neil Brand.

In lieu of the boxset noted above, this is our recommended home video of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.