For an American-dwelling cinephile looking for these kinds of films, I would recommend investing in a "region-free" DVD/Blu-ray player. It's worth it. The Masters of Cinema line by Eureka is possibly even superior to the Criterion Collection (or at least gives them a run for their money), and they have a great many films that I'd been looking for for ages but couldn't find on Criterion or Kino or elsewhere on Region A/1. I can't say enough good things about Masters of Cinema. And I love the way that, when it comes to film selection, the emphasis for Masters of Cinema is not on the quality of the film itself (as it is with Criterion), but rather on the quality of the filmmaker, which is much more in line with my way of watching films (I'm a compulsive completist when it comes to directors I like).
Anyways, Masters of Cinema has released a DVD (still not upgraded to Blu-ray at this point, but the quality of their DVDs is only a hair away from their Blu-rays) that features the Murnau films "Phantom" and "Finances of the Grand Duke". It's a good pickup if you can play the disc.
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