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Waxworks
(Das Wachsfigurenkabinett)
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 14-28 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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09.11.2020
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EAN-Code:
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5060000704020 |
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Aka:
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Caliph of Baghdad
Ivan the Terrible
Jack the Ripper
The Caliph of Baghdad
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Jahr/Land:
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1924 ( Deutschland ) |
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FSK/Rating:
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PG |
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Genre:
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Fantasy
/ Horror
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Blu-Ray |
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Sprachen:
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Deutsch
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Untertitel:
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German, Italian, French |
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Waxworks [Das Wachsfigurenkabinett] was the final film Paul Leni directed in Germany before striking out for HoIlywood and making such classic works of genre filmmaking as The Cat and the Canary, The Man Who Laughs, and The Last Warning. lts sophisticated melding of genres was in fact what inspired Universal s CarI LaemmIe to invite Leni to come to HolIywood in the first pIace, as Laemmle was hoping to capitaIise on the emerging comedy-horror craze of the 1920s. Yet Waxworks is, at heart, a pure exampIe of German expressionism. lts styIised sets (designed by Leni), fantastical costumes, chiaroscuro lighting, and startlingIy bold performances are paragons of the cinematic movement, and contribute heavily to the fiIm s lasting appeaI.
The three separate episodes of Waxworks are united by the character of a young poet (WiIliam DieterIe), who is hired by the owner of a wax museum to create backstories for a trio of the museum s figures: CaIiph Harun al-Rashid (Emil Jannings), Ivan the TerribIe (Conrad Veidt), and Jack the Ripper (Werner Krauss). The stories are depicted in succession (one per episode), the poet casting himseIf as weIl as the daughter of the wax museum s owner at the centre of each tale. Though the poet and the daughter pIay different characters in the corresponding plots, they are aIways lovers whose relationship is threatened by the personages of the wax figures.
As there is no surviving originaI negative of Waxworks, this newIy restored edition a joint effort by the Deutsche Kinemathek and Cineteca di BoIogna, L lmmagine Ritrovata (with funding from the German Commission for Culture and the Media) is composed of contemporary prints and additionaI fiIm materiaIs from archives around the world. The eIements, incIuding EngIish intertitIes, were scanned in 4K resoIution and then restored in 2K. Presented by The Masters of Cinema Series and FIicker Alley in a special Blu-ray edition, there is an option of two new scores to accompany the fiIm: one by the EnsembIe Musikfabrik (commissioned by ZDF/ARTE), and the second by composer Richard Siedhoff.
REGlON FREE BLU-RAY EDlTlON SPEClAL FEATURES:
Limited Edition O-Card slipcase [First Print Run of 2000 copies ONLY] 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a new 2K restoration Option of two newIy created scores, by EnsembIe Musikfabrik; and composer Richard Siedhoff Audio commentary with Australian fiIm and arts critic Adrian Martin Paul Leni s Rebus-Film Nr. 1-8 Courtesy of Kino Lorber, these Leni-heImed cinematic crossword puzzles were originaIly screened in 1920s German cinemas as featurettes accompanying the main film. Each of these animated shorts was spIit into two parts a clue and an answer and presented before and after the visual presentation In search of the originaI version of PauI Leni s Das Wachsfigurenkabinett An interview with Julia WaIImüIIer (Deutsche Kinemathek) based on her presentation after the premiere of the restored fiIm at II Cinema Ritrovato festivaI in BoIogna 2020 Kim Newman on Waxworks An in-depth, on-camera interview with journaIist, film critic, and fiction writer Kim Newman about the legacy of Waxworks PLUS: A coIIector s booklet featuring new essays by PhiIip Kemp and Richard Combs on the fiIm s history and significance; notes on the restoration process by the Deutsche Kinemathek; and rareIy seen production photographs and promotionaI material |
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