Waxworks / Cinema Exclusives presents ; directed by Paul Leni ; [screenplay by Henrik Galeen].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Leni, Paul, 1885-1929, film director.

Galeen, Henrik, screenwriter.

Dieterle, William, 1893-1972, actor.

Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950, actor.

Veidt, Conrad, 1893-1943, actor.

Krauss, Werner, 1884-1959, actor.

Schultheis, Bernd, composer (expression).

Lervik, Olav, composer (expression).

Kohl, Jan, composer (expression).

Siedhoff, Richard, composer (expression), performer.

British Film Institute. National Film Archive, associated name.

Neptun-Film, film production company.

Deutsche Kinemathek, associated name.

Fondation Cineteca di Bologna, associated name.

Absolut Medien GmbH, publisher.

Arte Edition (Firm), publisher.

Edward Zeigler Davis Fund.

Series:

Arte edition

Language:

Arabic

Chinese

English

French

German

Italian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Poets--Drama.

Poets.

Waxworks--Drama.

Waxworks.

Hallucinations and illusions--Drama.

Hallucinations and illusions.

Motion pictures--Germany.

Motion pictures.

Jack, the Ripper--Drama.

Jack.

Ivan IV, Czar of Russia, 1530-1584--Drama.

Ivan.

Hārūn al-Rashīd, Caliph, approximately 763-809--Drama.

Hārūn al-Rashīd.

Genre:

Horror films.

Fantasy films.

Feature films.

Silent films.

Motion pictures, German.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, color (tinted) ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)

Other Title:

Title on container : Wachsfigurenkabinett

Place of Publication:

Fridollfing : Absolut Median ; Strasbourge : Arte, 2020.

Language Note:

Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment; optional subtitles in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.

System Details:

DVD, PAL, codefree; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; 5.1 or 2.0 sound.

Summary:

A poet imagines scenarios in a wax museum fairground that involve figures of Jack the Ripper, Ivan the Terrible, and Haroun al-Raschid.

Contents:

Special features: Der film im Film : Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen (1924 : 17 min.)

Participant:

Wilhelm Dieterle, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Kraus.

Credits:

Camera, Halmar Junge; music; Bernd Schultheis, Olav Lervik, Jan Kohl, and Richard Siedhoff.

Notes:

Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1924 by Prana Films.

Prints of the original German release, produced by Neptun-Film, are lost. This is the UK release, with other elements, preserved in the British Film Institute collection. It has been mastered in 2019 from a 35mm element and restored by Deutsche Kinemathek and Fondation Cineteca di Bologne with laboratory work performed by L'Immagine Ritrovata.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Zeigler Davis Fund.

ISBN:

9783848830190

3848830191

OCLC:

1468433337

Publisher Number:

Klassiker 3019 Arte edition