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Alraune + The student of Prague : German silent genre rarities from director Henrik Galeen.
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- German
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Femmes fatales--Drama.
- Femmes fatales.
- Scientists--Drama.
- Scientists.
- Children of prostitutes--Drama.
- Children of prostitutes.
- Doppelgängers--Drama.
- Doppelgängers.
- College students--Czech Republic--Prague--Drama.
- College students.
- Devil--Drama.
- Devil.
- Genre:
- Mad scientist films.
- Horror films.
- Film adaptations.
- Film remakes.
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (136, 134 min.) : black & white tinted : 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (75 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.)
- plastic
- 4 3/4 in.
- stamping
- Other Title:
- Student of Prague
- Alraune also known as: A Woman of destiny
- Student of Prague also known as: Man who cheated life
- Place of Publication:
- [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Deaf Crocodile Films, [2025]
- Language Note:
- Intertitles in German with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- Blu-ray; region A; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- sound
- video file
- Blu-ray
- Region A
- Summary:
- Alraune: A woman is the result of a genetic experiment in which she was conceived with the semen of a hanged man and the womb of a prostitute. As an adult, she drives men to suicide and madness, including her own pseudo-father who succumbs to incestuous obsession with her.
- The student of Prague: A hellraising student sells his soul to the devil and then finds himself meeting his doppelgänger, who literally steps out of a mirror, Cocteau-like, and starts to take over the student's life.
- Contents:
- Alraune = Mandrake: daughter of destiny/ Ein Film von Henrik Galeen ; [Regie und Drehbuch, Henrik Galeen] (136 min. ; 1928)
- Der Student von Prag = The student of Prague / Regie, Henrik Galeen ; Manuskript, Hanns Heinz Ewers, Henrik Galeen ; Sokal Film G.M.B.H. (134 min. ; 1926).
- Participant:
- Alraune: Brigitte Helm, Paul Wegener, Mia Pankau, Ivan Petrovish, Valeska Gert, Wolfgang Zilzer, Louis Ralph, Hans Trautner, John Loder, Heinrich Schroth, Alexander Sascha.
- The student of Prague: Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss, Elizza La Porta, Agnes Esterhazy, Fritz Alberti, Ferdinand v. Alten, Erich Kober, Max Maximilian.
- Credits:
- Alraune: director of photography, Franz Planer ; sets, Walter Reiman, Max Heilbronner ; music, Sabrina Zimmermann, Mark Pogolski.
- The student of Prague: director of photography, Günther Krampf ; sets, Harmann Warm ; music, Stephen Horne.
- Notes:
- Title from slipcover and container's spine.
- Both films based on novels by Hanns Heinz Ewers.
- The student of Prague is a remake of the 1913 release.
- Running time for Alraune: 136 min. (listed as 131 min. in booklet and 130 min. on container); for The student of Prague: 134 min. (listed as 133 min. in booklet and 128 min. on container).
- Fullscreen (1.33:1 aspect ratio).
- Restored by the Filmmuseum München.
- Special features on both discs: commentary soundtrack with film historian Jan-Christopher Horak; English-language video interview with Stefan Drössler of the Filmmuseum München on the preservation of Galeen's films (90 min.). 15 min. excerpt from the 1924 film Auf gefährlichen Spuren (Dangerous paths), with Henrik Galeen as an actor and directed by Harry Piel.
- Contains:
- Container of: Alraune (Motion picture : 1928)
- Container of: Student von Prag (Motion picture : 1926)
- Container of: Auf gefährlichen Spuren (Motion picture). Selections.
- OCLC:
- 1566320041
- Publisher Number:
- 850066568477
- DC-045 Deaf Crocodile
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