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A great, aging artist succumbs to despair when the young model and pupil he adores leaves him for a woman. Although the story is discreetly played at a father/adopted son level on the surface, the homosexual subtext is quite clear in this early Dreyer film made in Germany.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Silent with English intertitles. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
Kino International Corp.,
2004.
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| Series: | Gay-themed films of the German silent era.
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| Summary: | A great, aging artist succumbs to despair when the young model and pupil he adores leaves him for a woman. Although the story is discreetly played at a father/adopted son level on the surface, the homosexual subtext is quite clear in this early Dreyer film made in Germany. |
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| Item Description: | Special features: Audio commentary by Danish film scholar Casper Tybjerg ; Dreyer: a compete filmography. Videodisc release of the 1924 motion picture. Based on the novel by Herman Bang. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Producer, Erich Pommer ; cinematography, Karl Freund, Rudolph Maté ; original music, Neal Kurz ; produced for video by David Shepard. |