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The Black Dream
(1911)
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This first Danish feature film, directed by Peter Urban Gad, stars Asta Nielsen and Valdemar Psilander, with Gunnar Helsengren and Poul Baastrup.
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 Danish Film Institute
2005? DVD edition
Asta Nielsen (1910-1919), black & white, 191 minutes total, not rated, including Det sorte Drøm [The Black Dream] (1911), black & white, 56 minutes, not rated.
Danish Film Institute, DFIASTAN, 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 and English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; DKK 159,00.
Release date: 2005?
Country of origin: Denmark •
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from 35mm archival film materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Ronen Thalmay.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. 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 has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
The Black Dream (1911), black & white, 53 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, no catalog number, 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; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 20 March 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print or from pirated files lifted from the DFI edition noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings 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 ASTA NIELSEN films available on home video.
Other DANISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other EARLY FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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