Vampyr [motion picture] : the strange adventure of Allan Gray / a film by Carl Th. Dreyer.
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FilmPublisher number: EKA40215 | EurekaLanguage: German Summary language: English Series: Masters of Cinema series ; 25.Publication details: [U. K.] : Eureka Entertainment Ltd., c2008.Description: 1 videodisc (DVD) (72 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (78 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)Contained works: - Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873. Carmilla
- Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968. Vampyr
- DVD 1074A
- Screenplay, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Christen Jul ; director, Carl Theodor Dreyer ; producer, Charles Theodor Dreyer and Baron Nicolas de Gunzberg ; photography, Rudolph Maté ; music, Wolfgang Zeller.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 3 Day Loan | LSAD Library DVD collection | DVD 1074A (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100676395 |
Freely adapted from the book ''In a glass darkly' by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932.
Special features: New, high-definition transfer of the Martin Koerber / Cineteca di Bologna film restoration in it's original aspect ratio (1.19:1), new and improved optional English subtitles, full-length audio commentary by film scholar Tony Rayns, full-length audio commentary by film director Guillermo del Toro, choice of restored or unrestored film soundtrack, two deleted scenes, removed by the German censor in 1932, Carl Th. Dreyer (1966) -- a documentary by Jørgen Roos, visual essay by scholar Casper Tybjerg on Dreyer's Vampyr influences, The Baron -- a MoC documentary about Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, inspiration for the film -- Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla as an on-disc pdf.
Accompanying 80 page book - featuring rare production stills, location photography, posters, the 1932 Danish film programme, writing by Tom Milne (The Cinema of Carl Dreyer), Jean and Dale Drim (My only great passions: The Life and films of Carl Th. Dreyer), and Martin Koerber (film restorer)
Screenplay, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Christen Jul ; director, Carl Theodor Dreyer ; producer, Charles Theodor Dreyer and Baron Nicolas de Gunzberg ; photography, Rudolph Maté ; music, Wolfgang Zeller.
Julian West, Henriette Gérard, Jan Hieronimko, Sybille Schmitz, Maurice Schutz, Rena Mandel, Albert Bras, N. Babanini, Jane Mora.
A young traveller finds a remote castle, and starts seeing mysterious things, only to find that his own nightmares are coming true.
DVD, Dolby Digital mono, 1.19:1 aspect ratio, region 2.
German dialogue and intertitles with optional English subtitles.