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Master of the house
Title
Master of the house / Janus Films ; Palladium ; instruktion, Carl Th. Dreyer ; manuskript, Carl Th. Dryer, Svend Rindom.
ISBN
9781604658347
1604658347
Edition
Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Publication
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Copyright Notice Date
©2014
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (107 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Medium
Blu-ray 4 3/4 in.
DVD video 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on Svend Ridom's play "Tyrannens fald."
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.
Silent film with English intertitles and added musical score.
Summary
A housewife who, with the help of a wily nanny, turns the tables on her tyrannical husband.
Variant and related titles
Du skal ære din hustru
Format
Images / Video & Film
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2017
Series
The Criterion collection ; 706
Credits
Photography, George Schnéevoigt ; art director, Carl Th. Dreyer ; editor, Carl Th. Dreyer ; music, Gillian B. Anderson ; pianist, Sara Davis Buechner.
Cast
Johannes Meyer, Astrid Holm, Karin Nellemose, Clara Schønfeld, Mathilde Nielsen, Johannes Nielsen, Petrine Sonne.
System details note
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.
Videorecording number
CC2352BDDVD The Criterion Collection (container)
CC2352BDDVD-1 The Criterion Collection (Blu-ray disc)
CC2352BDDVD-2 The Criterion Collection (DVD)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Silent films - Denmark.
Feature films - Denmark.
Drama.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Silent films.
Also listed under
Janus Films, production company.
Palladium Productions, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor.
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