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Wunder der Schöpfung
[Our Heavenly Bodies]
(1925)
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This science fiction drama, directed by Hanns Walter Kornblum, Johannes Meyer and Rudolf Biebrach, features Margarete Schlegel, Theodor Loos, Paul Bildt, Oskar Marion, Wilhelm Kaiser-Heyl and Margarete Schön.
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 Edition Filmmuseum
2009 DVD edition
Wunder der Schöpfung (1925), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, with The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923), black & white, 29 minutes, not rated.
Edition Filmmuseum, 43, unknown UPC/EAN number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 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 and English language intertitles, no subtitles (optional German and English voiceover narration); chapter stops; 20-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; €19,95.
Release date: June 2009 (second edition, October 2009).
Country of origin: Germany
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This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from archival film materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Aljoscha Zimmermann and Sabrina Zimmermann.
Supplemental material includes the Fleischer short film The Einstein Theory of Relativity (1923) accompanied by optional scores by Joachim Bärenz and Günther A. Buchwald (29 minutes); the featurette Hanns Walter Kornblum erzählt (1968) (43 minutes); a DVD-ROM section with pressbooks, documents and other texts; and a 20-page bilingual (German and English) insert booklet with writings by Stefan Drössler, Ronny Loewy and Stewart Tryster.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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This
Region 0 PAL DVD edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
Wunder der Schöpfung (1925), black & white, 92 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; $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 GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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