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©2014
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2 videodiscs (107 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
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Criterion collection #706
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Based on Svend Ridom's play "The tyrants fall."
A housewife who, with the help of a wily nanny, turns the tables on her tyrannical husband
Originally released as a Danish silent motion picture in 1925
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with a reconstructed score by composer Gillian B. Anderson, performed by pianist Sara Davis Buechner and presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray; Interview with Casper Tybjerg (Danish film historian); Visual essay by David Bordwell (examines Carl Theodor Dreyer's cinematic techniques). Booklet features essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu
Photography, George Schnéevoigt ; art director, Carl Th. Dreyer ; editor, Carl Th. Dreyer ; music, Gillian B. Anderson ; pianist, Sara Davis Buechner
Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Clara Schønfeld, Mathilde Nielsen, Johannes Nielsen, Petrine Sonne
Blu-ray: NTSC, region A, fullscreen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player
DVD: NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio
Silent film with English intertitles and added musical score