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Rediscover
Jacques Feyder

French Film Master
(1921-1925)

 

Contents: Queen of Atlantis [L’Atlantide] (1921), Crainquebille (1923) and Faces of Children (1925).

Jacques Feyder directed this fantasy film of the not-so-mythical Atlantis, starring Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska and Georges Melchior.

coverHome Vision Entertainment
2006 DVD edition

Rediscover Jacques Feyder, French Film Master (1921-1925), color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white and color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated, including Queen of Atlantis [L’Atlantide] (1921), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated, Crainquebille (1923), color-tinted black & white, color-toned black & white and color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 76 minutes, not rated, and Faces of Children (1925), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 117 minutes, not rated.

Home Vision Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
HVE3520DVD, UPC 0-14381-35202-3.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs; 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 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; three-disc DVD keepcase; $49.99.
Release date: 24 October 2006.
Country of origin: USA

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

This NTSC DVD collection, originally produced for home video in 2004 by Lobster Films, Paris, reveals full-frame, natural-speed video transfers from very-good to excellent 35mm source prints. Tonal ranges are generally broad, with highlight and shadow details well-maintained in this transfer that looks great on high-definition television equipment capable of upscaling the picture.

The films are accompanied by music scores by Éric Le Guen and by Antonio Coppola, performed by the Octuor de France.

For our comparative reviews of the individual films, see our Queen of Atlantis on home video, Crainquebille on home video and Faces of Children on home video pages.

We enthusiastically recommend this three-disc Jacques Feyder set.

 
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