That’s right: one lucky silent film fan will soon be the proud owner of a brand new DVD box set!
It’s time for Brenton Film’s first giveaway and we’re kicking thing off in style with a great Lubitsch in Berlin: Fairytales, Melodramas and Sex Comedies, 1918–1921 6-DVD box set!
Lubitsch in Berlin 1918–1921 DVD box set
It contains six of the best films that made Ernst Lubitsch Germany’s top director, before he left for Hollywood and even greater international success:
- Ich möchte kein Mann sein/I Don’t Want to Be a Man (1918)
- Die Puppe/The Doll (1919)
- Die Austernprinzessin/The Oyster Princess (1919)
- Sumurun/One Arabian Night (1920)
- Anna Boleyn/Deception (1920)
- Die Bergkatze/The Wildcat (1921)
In addition it contains the feature length documentary Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin: From Schönhauser to Hollywood (2006), with recollections from Lubitsch’s daughter and his niece plus input from many leading silent film experts. There are also liner notes for all six films.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is POST HERE IN OUR CHAT FORUMS: Brenton Film Giveaway, by Saturday 24th October 2015, telling us your favourite silent film and why you love it so much. The winner will be chosen by film historian Kevin Brownlow. Good luck!
Note that this DVD set is region 2-coded in the PAL format, so make sure that if you live outside Europe your equipment can play it. If it’s not suitable for your set-up don’t worry: we’ve more upcoming giveaways of DVDs and Blu-rays that are suitable for playback anywhere!
The rather wonderful Ossi Oswalda in Die Puppe (1919) and yes – that is her real tongue!
This set has seen these releases:
- US: Kino – new English intertitles
- UK: Eureka/Masters of Cinema – English subtitles
- Germany: Universum – no subtitles (German intertitles)
- France: mk2 – French subtitles
- Spain: Divisa – 5-DVD box set (minus Die Puppe); Spanish, German and Portuguese subtitles; now deleted, though the films are available individually
Sumurun aka One Arabian Night (1920) with Pola Negri and Ernst Lubitsch, German film poster
