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(aka "Immensee - Ein deutsches Volkslied")
(aka "The Great Sacrifice")
Directed by Veit Harlan
Germany 1943
During World War II, Kristina Söderbaum came to represent, for the German people, an ideal woman: the embodiment of strength and beauty, as well as a paragon of fidelity and sacrifice. Immensee stars Söderbaum as Elisabeth, a woman in love with Reinhardt, a brilliant composer (Carl Raddatz), but who instead marries someone more reliable (Paul Klinger). Years later, Reinhardt returns, and Elisabeth has a chance to be true to her one greatest love. In The Great Sacrifice, Söderbaum is Äls, a goddess of a woman who captures the heart of a married man Albrecht (Raddatz). When Äls falls victim to a serious illness, Albrect’s loyal wife (Irene von Meyendorff) sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her husband. Filmed in the rich, warm hues of the Agfacolor process (exquisitely restored by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung), both films are heavy with mood, highlighted by feverish dream sequences that give sublime visual expression to the character’s overwrought emotions. |
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Theatrical Release: December 4th, 1943 - October 2nd, 1944
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
Runtime |
Immensee: 1:34:16.484 The Great Sacrifice : 1:36:38.583 |
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Video |
1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,312,454,809 bytesImmensee : 19,865,202,240 bytesThe Great Sacrifice: 20,341,663,296 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.79 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio |
LPCM Audio German
1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 37:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 40,312,454,809 bytesImmensee : 19,865,202,240 bytesThe Great Sacrifice: 20,341,663,296 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.79 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Immensee audio commentary by film historian Olaf Möller• The Great Sacrifice audio commentary by film historians Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Josh Nelson
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 11 / 13 |
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NOTE:
The below
Blu-ray
captures were taken directly from the
Blu-ray
disc.
For Opfergang that "Two separate versions of Opfergang were created for its initial release, each of which differed slightly in content and composition. Preserved by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in Wiesbaden are the original camera negative and a duplicate sound negative of the secondary version.These assets were the foundation of the restoration performed by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung in 2015. Color-grading reference was an Agfacolor print preserved by the Filmmuseum der Landeshauptstadt Dusseldorf. One missing scene was replaced with footage from a print of the primary version, with severely faded colors. Labwork was performed by ARRI Media in Munich. " The image quality of both is just gorgeous with strong rich pastels. They are comparable in terms of the 1080P visuals; clean, detailed, a smattering of fine grain, and pleasing depth. Immensee may be negligibly softer however they are both marvelous HD presentations.
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a linear PCM dual-mono track (16-bit) in the
original German language for both films. They are passive without undue
aggression and the audio comes through as clean and clear as the video.
For Immensee the a beautiful score by Wolfgang Zeller (Dreyer's
Vampyr) and for Opfergang it was composed by Hans-Otto
Borgmann (Gold)
- both sounding supportive with a classical, prosaic leaning. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
Apart from Leni Riefenstahl no one besides Veit
Harlan is as closely associated with Nazi propaganda films. On
the surface
Opfergang (aka "The Great Sacrifice") + Immensee
appear to be Sirk-esque melodramas. Looking deeper we
see a passion for Nietzsche philosophy and the theme of women remaining
faithful to husbands, which became important in raising the morale of
German forces. They are gorgeous, highly engaging, film works... with
dark subtext. I was very interested in the historical value of these two
German-made 1940' films. The Kino Blu-ray
has stunningly restored images and essential commentaries. Wow. Highly
recommended!
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Immensee
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