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Sealed Orders
[Det hemmelighedsfulde X]
(1914)
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This feature drama, directed by Benjamin Christensen, stars Benjamin Christensen and Karen Sandberg, with Otto Reinwald, Fritz Lamprecht, Amanda Lund, Herman Spiro, Bjørn Spiro, Charles Løwaas and Holgar Rasmussen.
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 Danish Film Institute
2004? DVD edition
Benjamin Christensen (1879-1959) (1914-1916), black & white, 185 minutes total, not rated, including Det hemmelighedsfulde X [Sealed Orders] (1914), black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Danish Film Institute, distributed by Edition Filmmuseum,
DFIBJC, 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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Benjamin Christensen’s first film has been released in this PAL DVD edition by the Danish Film Institute, prepared from a 35mm print that it holds in its film archive.
The disc features musical accompaniment by Neil Brand.
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 is available from
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE through . . .
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 Rare Films and More
202? DVD edition
Sealed Orders (1914), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated.
Rare Films and More, 5174, 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; Danish language intertitles, permanent English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from files pirated 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 or pirating files from Internet streaming sites 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 BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN films available on home video.
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