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Erotikon
(1920)

This feature comedy-drama, directed by Mauritz Stiller, stars Tora Teje and Anders de Wahl, with Karin Molander, Lars Hanson, Elin Lagergren and Vilhelm Bryde.

Kino on Video
2006 DVD edition

Erotikon (1920), color-tinted black & white, and black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K470, UPC 7-38329-04702-3.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 6 June 2006
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition was prepared from a 35mm restoration print, which has a number of issues including dust, speckling, schmutz, sprocket damage, scrapes, and other print flaws. The source material appears to be at least one duplicate generation from an original release print as the picture in this edition is on the soft side. Perhaps a future HD release will prove that this material is actually sharper than it appears here.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Bruce Bennett and Paul Mercer.

Supplmentary material includes a video introduction by historian Peter Cowie, covering Erotikon and the careers of Mauritz Stiller and Victor Sjöström (19 minutes); a brief Stiller biography; and a Stiller filmography.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film for North American collectors.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Svensk Filmindustri International
2007 DVD edition

Erotikon (1920), color-tinted black & white, and black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.

Svensk Filmindustri International,
unknown catalogue number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Swedish language intertitles, optional English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £24.99.
Release date: 2007
Country of origin: Sweden

This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration materials.

Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of the film for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Other SWEDISH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.

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