Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Bridal Party
in Hardanger
(1926)
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Based on a celebrated Norwegian painting, this epic romance stars actress Åse Bye.
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 Norsk Filminstitutt
2007 DVD edition
The Bridal Party in Hardanger (1926), black & white, 244 minutes, Rated A.
Norsk Filminstitutt, 791.4359, UPC 4-012341-13343-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio image 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) 5.1 surround sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Norwegian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; 249.00 Kr.
Release date: September 2007.
Country of origin: Norway
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from the 2007 35mm restoration print prepared by the Norwegian Film Institute.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by Arnhild Vike and Einar Mjøsnes.
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 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Bridal Party in Hardanger (1926), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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; $19.99 (reduced to $14.99).
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other NORWEGIAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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