Williamsburg Regional Library

Vampyr, Janus Films ; ein Film der Carl Th. Dreyer Produktion ; manuskript [screenplay] Christen Jul und Carl Th. Dreyer ; regie [director], Carl Th. Dreyer ; Weltvertrieb [world distribution] Conti Film G.m.b.H. Berlin

Frei nach dem roman [Freely after the novel] 'In a glass darkly' von [by] J. [Joseph] Sheridan Le FanuTitle from featureOriginally produced as a motion picture in 1931/32Based on the book : In a glass darkly / by J. [Joseph] Sheridan Le FanuAccompanying book, "Writing Vampyr", includes the screenplay by Carl Theodor Dreyer and Christen Jul, and "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le FanuAccompanying booklet, "Vampyr", includes the essays "'Vampyr's' Ghosts and Demons" by Mark Le Fanu, "'Vampyr' and the Vampire" by Kim Newman, "Some Notes on the Restoration of Dreyer's 'Vampyr'" by Martin Koerber, and "An Interview with Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg" by Herman G. Weinberg and Gretchen Weinberg"VAMPYR was produced in 1931/32 in German, French, and English versions. The original negative for picture and sound was lost. Partially complete prints of the German and French versions served as the basis for this restoration. The new German version of 1998 was a collaboration between Cineteca del Comune de Bologna, Deutsche Kinemathek and ZDF/Arte."--Opening screen noteSpecial features (disc 1): optional "English-text version", optional audio commentary by film scholar Tony RaynsSpecial features (disc 2): "Carl Th. Dreyer" biographical documentary (30 min.); "Visual essay" critical essay featurette (36 min.); "Dreyer radio broadcast" audio recording of Dreyer reading an essay on filmmaking (24 min.)

black and white

monaural

00715515030427

Photographie, Rudolph Maté ; musik, Wolfgang Zeller; dialogregie und tonschnitt [dialog direction/sound editing], Paul Falkenberg

other

9780160465048

videodisc

Julian West (Allan Gray), Maurice Schutz (Der Schlossherr [The lock gentleman]), Rena Mandel (Giséle), Sybille Schmitz (Léone, seine töchter [his daughter]), Jan Hieronimko (der Dorfarzt [The village physician]), Henriette Gerard (Die alte Frau vom Friedhof [The old woman of the cemetery]), Albert Bras (Die alte Diener [The old servant]), N. Babanini (seine Frau [his wife]), Jane Mora (Die Krankenschwester [the nurse])

2 videodiscs (73 min.), sound, black & white, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 booklet (42 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) and 1 book (214 pages ; 19 cm)

sound on medium

videodisc

228908852(OCoLC)228908852

DVD; Dolby digital mono; 1.19:1 aspect ratio

715515030427

CC1757D -- The Criterion Collection

DVD