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Die Unehelichen
[Children of No Importance]
(1926)

This drama, directed by Gerhard Lamprecht, stars Ralph Ludwig and Fee Wachsmuth, with Margot Misch, Fred Grosser, Hermine Sterler, Bernhard Goetzke, Max Maximilian, Margarete Kupfer, Elsa Wagner, Eduard Rothauser, Lili Schoenborn-Anspach and Paul Bildt.

Edition Filmmuseum
2012 DVD edition

Die Verrufenen (1925), black & white, 113 minutes, not rated, with Die Unehelichen (1926), black & white, 96 minutes, not rated.

Edition Filmmuseum, 77, unknown UPC/EAN number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 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 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English and French subtitles; chapter stops; 16-page insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; €29,95.
Release date: November 2012 (second edition, December 2013).
Country of origin: Germany

This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from archival film materials.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on piano by Donald Sosin.

Supplemental material includes a 16-page trilingual (German, English and French) insert booklet with writings by Rolf Aurich and Wolfgang Jacobsen.

Sight unseen, 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.