The Parson’s Widow (1920) is an early film by Carl Theodor Dreyer which displays an uncharacteristic (when compared to his later better-known films) sense of humor.
Film Preservation Associates
2004 DVD edition
The Parson’s Widow (1920), color-toned black & white, 71 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID0216DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-02162-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered?, Region 0NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDRMPEG-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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 21 September 2004.
Country of origin: USA
This DVD edition of this early Dreyer film has been mastered from the original 35mm nitrate camera negative, which should yield spectacular visual quality. The film is accompanied by a new music score adapted by Neal Kurtz from the music of Edvard Grieg.
Also included on the disc are two short Dreyer films from the 1940s, They Caught the Ferry (1948) and Thorvaldsen (1949).
This edition is now out-of-print.
This Region 0NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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