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The Great Leap
(1927)

This mountain film comedy, directed by Arnold Fanck, stars Leni Riefenstahl and Luis Trenker, with Hans Schneeberger, Paul Graetz and Leontine Sagan.

Kino Classics
2020 Blu-ray Disc edition

The Great Leap (1927), black & white, 111 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K24618, UPC 7-38329-24618-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 29.8 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 2.0 Mbps audio bit rate (music), and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.6 Mbps audio bit rate (commentary); German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 8 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 10 March 2020.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 9 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 8.

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration print prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Germany. The results are excellent as the picture is finely detailed with a broad range of controlled greytones. Dust, speckling and other print flaws are nearly nonexistant. Some shots are slightly blurry and some have slightly pronounced film grain but that becomes nit-picking as the image is a joy to watch.

The film is presented with a lively music score performed on piano by Neil Brand.

Supplemental material consists solely of audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film.

This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .

Kino Lorber
2020 DVD edition

The Great Leap (1927), black & white, 111 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K24617, UPC 7-38329-24617-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 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 ? 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; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 10 March 2020.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been mastered from the 35mm restoration print prepared by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Germany.

The film is presented with a music score performed on piano by Neil Brand.

Supplemental features consists solely of audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan.

This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition is available directly from . . .

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

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