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Vom Reiche
der sechs Punkte
(1927)
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This independent German drama, directed by Hugo Rütters, stars Herr Metzler and Lotte Kleinschmidt in a story of a steel worker who loses his eyesight and must adjust to his new, dark world.
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 Edition Filmmuseum
2007 DVD edition
Vom Reiche der sechs Punkte (1927), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 100 minutes, not rated.
Edition Filmmuseum, 19, UPC/EAN 4-260100-330191.
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; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; €19,95.
Release date: June 2007 (second edition, January 2009).
Country of origin: Germany
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This PAL DVD edition has been produced by Bonner Kinemathek, Filmmuseum München and Rheinischer Blindenfürsorgeverein Düren, from the only surviving print of the film, held by the Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen arkisto.
The film is presented with an improvised piano score performed by Joachim Bärenz.
The supplemental material includes a booklet on the film (with braille), audio descriptive service (in German) for the blind; and DVD-ROM files including contemporary documents and press reviews (in German).
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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Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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