Der var engang : Once upon a time /
"In a land called Illyria, a princess repeatedly rejects all her suitors - even the visiting Prince of Denmark who is clearly smitten with her. Keen to continue vying for her attention, the Prince takes on a 'less royal' identity and together with his assistant 'Smokehat' th...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Danish English |
| Language Notes: | Silent film with Danish and English intertitles. |
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[Denmark] :
Danske Filminstitut,
[2003]
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| Series: | Danske Stumfilmklassikere.
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| Summary: | "In a land called Illyria, a princess repeatedly rejects all her suitors - even the visiting Prince of Denmark who is clearly smitten with her. Keen to continue vying for her attention, the Prince takes on a 'less royal' identity and together with his assistant 'Smokehat' they plan an elaborate ruse to win the princess's heart."--http://www.mastersofcinema.org. |
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| Item Description: | Adapted from the play by Holger Drachmann, which is loosely adapted from Hans Christian Andersen's 'Svinedrengen' and William Shakespeare's 'The taming of the shrew.' A foreign film (Denmark) Full screen presentation. A restored version of Dreyer'sfilm, for which a complete print does not exist. Consists of "over an hour of the finished film, an unedited scene (here presented edited into the film, and as an unedited extra) and missing scenes replaced by production stills with explanatory intertitles."--http://www.mastersofcinema.org. Special features include: Stills gallery; Dreyer biography. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital; region 2; PAL. User must have a DVD player that is PAL or multistandard (NTSC/PAL). |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, George Schneevoight ; musical accompaniment, Neil Brand. |