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The Wandering
Shadow
(1920)
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The Wandering Shadow (1920) is a drama of sex scandal, flight and redemption, directed by Fritz Lang, and stars Mia May and Hans Marr, with Harry Frank, Rudolf Klein-Rogge and Loni Nest.
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 Kino Classics
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition
Fritz Lang: The Silent Films (1919-1929), color-tinted black & white and black & white, 1628 minutes total, not rated, including The Wandering Shadow (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K20997, UPC 7-38329-20997-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc (twelve BDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; German and English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; hardbound album with slip-in die-cut cardboard pages in cardboard slipcase; $149.95.
Release date: 21 November 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from an upconverted standard definition scan, which was utilized for Kino’s 2012 DVD edition (noted below).
Supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring an essay by Tom Gunning.
We highly recommend this Blu-ray Disc boxset, especially if you would like to collect all of Fritz Lang’s silent films in one fell swoop.
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This Region A Blu-ray Disc boxset has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Kino Classics
2012 DVD edition
Fritz Lang: The Early Works (1919-1921), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 238 minutes total, not rated, including The Wandering Shadow (1920), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K1092, UPC 7-38329-10922-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (three 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard three-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase; $39.95.
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of early Fritz Lang feature films has been mastered from restoration prints by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
The film is accompanied by an original music score by Aljoscha Zimmermann performed by a small ensemble.
This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Wandering Shadow (1920), black & white, 67 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; German language intertitles, optional? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.99 (raised to $17.49).
Release date: 201?.
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 FRITZ LANG films available on home video.
Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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