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Worth buying?

posted 17 years ago by staffan-holmstrom
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Hello, I`m a young old-film-fanatic and a purist who would like to see a good version of "Gösta Berlings Saga". I have a shorter version of it on VHS, I recorded it when they showed the film on tv ( it was by the way at a swedish tv-station ) and that version is, as I said, shorter and it had swedish intertitles.
Now I`ve seen that there is a KINO DVD release of this film. That version is said to be much longer and that sounds good. One thing I wonder though: I`ve read that the DVD has english intertitles instead of swedish. Is Sweden one day going to release a swedish DVD version of that film and in that case when? In fact, many swedish classics have been released on american DVDs, such as "Herr Arnes pengar", "Erotikon" ( not to mention the scandinavian masterpiece "Häxan"! ). All of these ( except for "Häxan" ) have english intertitles and I find that a little odd, if you don´t mind. : )

The bottom line: Is it worth buying the KINO DVD version of this classic?

Thanks

[–] g_r_e_g_j_b 17 years ago

Staffan,

I've never seen any of the other versions aside from the KINO DVD one, but I hear that those versions suck in comparison. The KINO version is in 2 parts, both an hour and a half long(as it was back when it premiered in 1920 something), plus, as you can see in the other thread, the new score is absolutely amazing. I saw the flick in my film class about a month ago and thought it was fantastic and will probably buy it on DVD sometime in the future, so yes, I would definitely recommend it for you.

As for your intertitle question, I honestly do not know. You would think that Sweden would release a restored DVD version with Swedish intertitles, but again, I just don't know. Maybe the DVD has a Swedish intertitle option? =S

Hope that helps!

[–] thao 17 years ago

Buy it. I have asked around in Sweden and it looks like there are no intentions in releasing in there. The English intertitles are very well written and the transfer is great.

- This comment is most likely authentic and fairly close to what I intended to say -

[–] staffan-holmstrom 17 years ago

Thank you all for the information! I will keep it in my mind!

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[–] staffan-holmstrom 17 years ago

Tack för informationen! : )

And now when we are talking about a Swedish classic, I would also like to ask another thing:

Does anybody know where I can find the film "Körkarlen" ( The phantom carriage) (1921)? As far as I know it doesn´t exist on DVD and I would really like to see it! : )

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[–] staffan-holmstrom 16 years ago

wauuuweeee! Thanks a lot!

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