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Temptations of
a Great City
(1911)
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This short drama, directed by August Blom, stars Vlademar Psilander and Clara Pontoppidan, with Augusta Blad, Holger Hofmann, Richard Christensen, H.C. Nielsen, Thora Meincke and Gudrun Bruun Stephensen.
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 Danish Film Institute
2004? DVD edition
Valdemar Psilander (1884-1917) (1911-1915), black & white, ? minutes total, not rated, including Ved fæengslets port [Temptations of a Great City] (1911), black & white, 41 minutes, not rated.
Danish Film Institute, distributed by Edition Filmmuseum,
DFIVPSI, no UPC number.
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; Danish language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 159,00 (€19,95).
Release date: 2004?
Country of origin: Denmark •
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This DVD edition has been prepared by the Danish Film Institute from archival 35mm film materials.
The film is presented with musical accompaniment performed on piano by Neil Brand.
Recommended. 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 from
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE through . . .
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 Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
Temptations of a Great City (1911), black & white, 40 minutes, not rated, with The Great Circus Catastrophe (1912), color-tinted black & white, 40 minutes, not rated, and The Candle and the Moth [John Redmond, the Evangelist] (1915), black & white, 61 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 4213, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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 ? 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from files lifted wholesale from the DFI collection noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a music score pirated from another company’s home video edition or a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other silent era Valdemar Psilander films available on home video:
For Åbent Taeppe [Desdemona] (1911)
Other DANISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other SHORT DRAMA FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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