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Alfred Abel plays Lorenz Lubota, a man obsessed with his own desires to achieve fame and wealth, who must confront the barriers of class keeping him from a woman with whom he has had a fateful encounter.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Phantom (Motion picture : 1922)
Corporate Author: Decla-Bioscop (Firm) (Contributor)
Other Authors: Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954 (Screenwriter), Abel, Alfred, 1879-1937 (Actor), Putti, Lya de, 1896?-1931 (Actor), Richard, Frieda, 1873-1946 (Actor), Egede Nissen, Aud (Actor), Twardowski, Hans Heinrich von, 1898-1958 (Actor), Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent with German intertitles; with optional English subtitles.
Published: [London] : Eureka Entertainment, [2009]
Series:Masters of cinema series ; 84.
Subjects:
Hauptmann, Gerhart, > 1862-1946 > Film adaptations.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Infatuation > Drama.
Feature films.
Silent films.
Romance films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, German.
Description
Summary:Alfred Abel plays Lorenz Lubota, a man obsessed with his own desires to achieve fame and wealth, who must confront the barriers of class keeping him from a woman with whom he has had a fateful encounter.
Item Description:Originally issued as part of a 2-DVD box set: "2 films by F.W. Murnau."
Based on the novel of the same title by Gerhart Hauptmann.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1922.
Restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.
"In the original negative, most of the intertitles have been preserved as flash-titles, and have been lengthened for this presentation. Missing intertitles have been restored on the basis of the screenplay. For the adaptation of these new intertitles, the Decla-Bioscop original presentation was used."
Booklet (39 pages ; illustrations) with content notes and an essay "Murnau at the crossroads: Phantom and Die Finanzen des Grossherzogs" by UCLA film historian Janet Bergstrom inserted in container.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (119 min.) : silent, black and white (color tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : 18 cm).
Format:DVD; PAL, region 2; aspect ratio: 1.37:1.
Audience:Rated (BBFC rating): PG; contains mild language, violence threat, and historical hanging scenes; parental guidance.
Production Credits:Photgraphy Axel Graatkjär, Theophan Ouchakoff ; set based on designs by Hermann Warm ; music played, arranged and conducted, Robert Israel, The Robert Israel Orchestra ; produced by Erich Pommer.