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Six and One-Half Times Eleven
(Six et demi, onze)
(1927)
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The French dramatic feature, directed by Jean Epstein, stars Edmond Van DaÃŦle and Suzy Pierson, with Nino Constantini, RenÃĐ FertÃĐ and Jeanne Helbling.
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 Potemkine Films / AgnÃĻs B. DVD
2014 DVD edition
Jean Epstein (1924-1948), black & white, color-tinted black & white, and color-toned black & white, 945 minutes total, not rated, including Six et demi, onze [Six-and-a-Half Times Eleven] (1927), black & white, 83 minutes, not rated.
Potemkine Films / AgnÃĻs B. DVD,
EDV2390, UPC 3-545020-028278.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc (eight DVDs in the set); 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 6.4 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate, and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; 158-page insert book; three multidisc DVD trays in cardboard wraps in cardboard slipcase; €99,90.
Release date: 3 June 2014.
Country of origin: France
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 9 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from high-quality 35mm source materials, most of them held by La CinÃĐmathÃĻque française film archive.
The film is presented with a music score composed and performed by Stephen Horne.
Supplemental material includes a 158-page booklet; interviews with Bruno Dumont, Viva Paci, Cristophe Wall-Romana, Ãric Thouvenel, LÃĐon Rousseau, James June Schneider and Jacques Ayroles; an alternative ending for Six et demi, onze (1927); and the documentary, Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011) by James June Schneider (68 minutes).
This Region 0 PAL DVD 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 boxset is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition
Six-and-a-Half Times Eleven [Six et demi, onze] (1927), black & white, 84 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; French language intertitles, optional? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 5 April 2025.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
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 JEAN EPSTEIN films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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