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Du skal ære din hustru = Master of the house /

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A housewife who, with the help of a wily nanny, turns the tables on her tyrannical husband.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dreyer, Carl Theodor, 1889-1968 (Screenwriter, Film editor), Rindom, Svend, 1884-1960 (Screenwriter), Meyer, Johannes, 1884-1972 (Actor), Holm, Astrid, 1893-1961 (Actor), Nellemose, Karin, 1905-1993 (Actor), Schønfeld, Clara, 1856-1939 (Actor), Nielsen, Mathilde, 1858-1945 (Actor), Nielsen, Johannes (Actor), Sonne, Petrine, 1870-1946 (Actor), Schnéevoigt, George, 1893-1961 (director of photography.), Anderson, Gillian B., 1943- (composer (expression)), Buechner, Sara Davis, 1959- (Instrumentalist), Tybjerg, Casper (interviewee (expression))
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent film with English intertitles and added musical score.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2014]
Edition:Dual-format Blu-ray and DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 706.
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 706.
Subjects:
Abused women > Drama.
Husband and wife > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Danish.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Description
Summary:A housewife who, with the help of a wily nanny, turns the tables on her tyrannical husband.
Item Description:Based on Svend Ridom's play "Tyrannens fald."
Originally released as a Danish silent motion picture in 1925.
Booklet housed with DVD.
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with a reconstructed score by composer Gillian B. Anderson, performed by pianist Sara Davis Buechner and presented in uncompressed stereo on the Blu-ray; Interview with Casper Tybjerg (Danish film historian); Visual essay by David Bordwell (examines Carl Theodor Dreyer's cinematic techniques). Booklet features essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (107 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm)
Format:Blu-ray: NTSC, region A, fullscreen (1.33:1); Dolby Digital; requires Blu-ray player.
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital; 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Production Credits:Photography, George Schnéevoigt ; art director, Carl Th. Dreyer ; editor, Carl Th. Dreyer ; music, Gillian B. Anderson ; pianist, Sara Davis Buechner.
ISBN:9781604658347
1604658347