Based on the novel by Hugo Bettauer.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1925.
Includes optional musical soundtrack with a score for trio by Aljoscha Zimmermann.
"Revised DVD version 2009"--Container.
Special features (disc 2): documentary about the life and work of G. W. Pabst, Der andere Blick = The other eye (1991, 111 min.) written and directed by Hannah Heer and Werner Schmiedel; Pabst wieder sehen (1997, 21 min.); outakes & intakes (14 min.); Erinnerungen des Regieassistenten = Memories of assistant director Mark Sorkin (49 min.); screenplays and documents as DVD-ROM features.
Cinematography, Guido Seeber, Curt Oertel, Walter Robert Lach ; editing, Mark Sorkin ; score by Aljoscha Zimmermann ; restoration by the Filmmuseum München.
Silent film, with German intertitles and optional English subtitles.