(aka 'Agent X-27')

Directed by Josef von Sternberg
USA 19
31

 

  It's possible to look at this 1931 Josef von Sternberg film and see nothing but camp (it stars Marlene Dietrich as secret agent X-27, working behind the lines in World War I), but give it an ounce of respect and you'll discover a remarkable aesthetic object--an exercise in mise-en-scene of an awesome, glacial beauty. Audiences always howl during the final scene, in which Dietrich carefully retouches her makeup before facing a firing squad, but it is perhaps the purest expression of Sternberg's belief in the triumph of aesthetics over mortality.

Excerpt from Dave Kehr's review at the Chicago Reader located HERE.

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Theatrical Release: April 4th, 1931

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DVD Review: Universal (Europe) - Region 2,4,5 - PAL

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Distribution Universal (Europe) Home Video - Region 2,4,5- PAL
Runtime 1:27:30 
Video 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio
Average Bitrate: 6.1 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s

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Audio English (Dolby Digital 2.0) 
Subtitles English, German, French, Dutch, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Danish, None
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Studio: Universal (Europe) Home Video

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Original Aspect Ratio 1.33:1

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DVD Release Date: December 6th, 2005

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For a single layered DVD this looks marvelous. I see no evidence of manipulation and there is just a healthy smattering of film grain for a realistic film-like appearance. Contrast is very strong and black levels are deep and penetrating. If any of us had been able to obtain these in time I am sure a few of these Universal DVDs would have made our 2005 DVD of the Year poll. These discs have been region-coded to sell in Europe, Middle East, Russia and Australia and enough removable subtitle options have been added to help their universality. No extras and a very no frills package but its the films that many cineastes have craved for years... and they are here. Dietrich seems timeless as you watch her and its so much fun to see a film with so much style over substance - perhaps this is the quality giving it such endurance.

Gary W. Tooze

 





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