Phantom (1922) (Masters of Cinema) [1 DVD9 & 1 DVD5] [PAL]

After filming the landmark Nosferatu, the silent cinema’s master innovator F. W. Murnau demonstrated the reach of his genre versatility with a pair of films that explored the dimensions of the psychodrama and the adventure-programmer. All the Murnau characteristics are present: a vibrant naturalism, exquisite imagery, passages of dreamlike revery, and an atmosphere redolent with romantic longing.

In Phantom, an aspiring poet on the verge of what he takes for a big break experiences a chance encounter with a beautiful woman in the street — and falls headlong into love and fantasy. With debts piling up and his promised literary celebrity failing to materialise, the poet descends into obsession, deception, and, ultimately, a criminal act in this delirious film that stands as an early precursor of Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

Die Finanzen des Großherzogs sees Murnau exploiting the Mediterranean clime to film the tale of a rakish duke whose lifestyle has dried up his noble coffers. When word arrives about the existence of valuable sulphur deposits on his tiny duchy of Abacco, a comic adventure of high-seas intrigue, “animal impersonators”, and the Crown Princess of Russia unreels at a sprightly pace. Max Schreck (the mythic actor behind the makeup of Nosferatu’s Count Orlok two years earlier) appears in a supporting role, in what might be Murnau’s nimblest effort.

The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Phantom and Die Finanzen des Großherzogs for the first time in the UK in their restored forms.

Disc Features:
• Original German-language intertitles with newly translated optional English-language subtitles.

• Audio commentary by film-scholar David Kalat on Die Finanzen des Großherzogs.

• A lengthy booklet containing a new essay on both films by professor and film-scholar Janet Bergstrom — and more!

Movies:
YEAR: 1922/24
COUNTRY: Germany
DIRECTOR: F.W. Murnau

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: 2009
STUDIO: Eureka! Masters of Cinema
CATALOG: #84-5
SYSTEM: Pal
SCREEN: 1.37:1
COLOUR: Black & White
AUDIO: Silent with musical accompaniment in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
INTERTITLES: German
SUBTITLES: English (soft)
RUNTIME (MOVIES): 119 / 80 mins

Extraction:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD & 1 Full Single-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO (Image)
FILE SIZE: 6.56/4.53GBs
SCANS FILE SIZE (600 DPI): 51MBs
TOTAL FILE SIZE: 11.14GBs

Scans

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Phantom

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Die Finanzen des Großherzogs

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