| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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stereo rdacpc |
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video file rdaft |
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Blu-ray |
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region A rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 1168.
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| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1991. |
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Wide screen (2.39:1). |
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Special features: Audio commentaries; making-of documentasry from 1991; documentary from 1991 featuring interview with von Trier and footage from the set as well as the film's Cannes premiere and press conference; interview from 2005 with von Trier; interviews. |
| Cast |
Max Von Sydow, Udo Kier, Jean-Marc Barr, Barbara Sukowa, Ernst-Hugo Jr̃egr̄d, Erik Mr̜k, Jor̜gen Reenberg, Henning Jensen, Eddie Constantine, Lars Von Trier. |
| Summary |
An idealistic American travels to postwar Germany to take a job as a sleeping-car conductor for the Zentropa railways- and finds himself plunged into a murky, Kafkaesque world of intrigue and betrayal where the shadow of Nazism hovers menacingly over everything. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray, region A, wide screen (2.39:1); stereo; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Language |
English or German dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). |
| Subject |
Denazification -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Railroad conductors -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Railroads -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
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War films.
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Experimental films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Trier, Lars von, 1956- film director, screenwriter.
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Vørsel, Niels, screenwriter.
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Jensen, Peter Aalbæk, 1956- film producer.
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Christensen, Bo, 1937-2020, film producer.
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Sydow, Max von, 1929-2020, narrator.
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Kier, Udo, actor.
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Barr, Jean-Marc, 1960- actor.
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Sukowa, Barbara, 1950- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
715515280815 (set of 3) |
| Music No. |
CC3432BD-3 Criterion Productions |
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