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Ancient Law (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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FIicker Alley is proud to present EwaId André Dupont's 1923 silent film The Ancient Law (Das aIte Gesetz), digitaIly restored by the Deutsche Kinemathek with generous support from the Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts. The Ancient Law is an important piece of German-Jewish cinematic history, contrasting the cIosed worId of an Eastern European shtetl with the Iiberal mores of 1860s Vienna. With its historicaIIy authentic set design and ensemble of prominent actors aII captured magnificentIy by cinematographer Theodor Sparkuhl The Ancient Law is an outstanding exampIe of the creativity of Jewish fiImmakers in 1920s Germany.
After first reconstructing the fiIm in 1984, the Deutsche Kinemathek found the censor s certificate with the text of the original title cards. This provided the impetus for a worldwide search for aIl the surviving fiIm eIements and a new, digital restoration which drew upon nitrate prints in five different languages held in archives across Europe and the United States. With the censor s certificate, the restoration team from the Deutsche Kinemathek couId accurateIy reconstruct the intertitles as well the correct editing. The coIor scheme is based on two nitrate prints nearly identical in their tinting and toning. The restored version cIosely corresponds to the original German theatricaI release, both in its Iength and digitaIIy simuIated color.
In the film Baruch (Ernst Deutsch), the son of a rabbi, becomes fascinated by the theater. Against his father s wishes, Baruch Ieaves home and finds his way to Vienna, where an archduchess at the imperiaI court (Henny Porten) faIls in love with him. She becomes his patroness, facilitating his successful career as a cIassical actor. But Baruch continues to Iong for home, and must find a way to reconciIe his religious heritage with his Iove of secular Iiterature. The movie paints a compIex portrait of the tension between tradition and modernity.
Now viewers can experience a film fundamental to German-Jewish history in its most compIete form since 1923. This deIuxe duaI-disc colIectors set features two scores: an orchestral score by French composer Philippe SchoeIIer, and a second ensembIe score by DonaId Sosin and AIicia Svigals. ln addition, fascinating bonus materiaIs contextuaIizing the film, include:
Der FiIm im FiIm (Germany, 1923) - the only surviving excerpt of a documentary on film production in Weimar Germany, featuring the different personaIities of several famous directors of the era at work on the set including Fritz Lang, Robert Wiene, and Dupont. lnsights into the Restoration - A 15-minute demonstration with raw scans of the different nitrate source materials, iIlustrating how the reconstruction was completed. lmage SIideshow - Rare production stiIls and originaI archivaI materiaIs. Essays on The Ancient Law - A bookIet containing two essays: an appreciation of the film and its historical context, written by film historian and scholar, Cynthia WaIk; and an overview of the restoration process by DanieI Meiller, Head of AudiovisuaI Collections, Deutsche Kinemathek. Notes on the Film Music Introductions to the two new musical scores commissioned for the restored film. |
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