DVD Reviews
Authors: Tapper Michael , von Logue Tom , Leader Mike , Kholeif Omar 
Published: December 2010

The complete Fritz Lang Mabuse box set Dr Mabuse, The Gambler/Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (1922) Part 1: The Great Gambler A Picture of the Time/Der Grosse Spieler ein Bild der Zeit Part 2: Inferno: A Play About People of Our Times/Inferno: Ein Spiel von Menschen unserer Zeit
Germany Director Fritz Lang Screenplay Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang Based on the novel by Norbert Jacques Producer Erich Pommer Director of Photography Carl Hoffmann Art Directors Carl Stahl-Urach, Otto Hunte, Erich Kettelhut, Karl Vollbrecht Costumes
Vally Rienecke With Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Dr Mabuse), Aud Egede Nissen (Cara Carozza), Bernhard Goetzke (State Prosecutor von Wenk), Alfred Abel (Count Told), Gertrude Welcker (Countess Told), Paul Richter (Edgar Hull), Robert Forster-Larrinaga (Dr Mabuse's manservant) Runtime
155 minutes (Part 1, 22 fps), 115 minutes (Part II, 22 fps)

The Testament of Dr Mabuse/Das Testament des Dr Mabuse
(1933) Germany Director Fritz Lang Screenplay Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang Based on characters created by Norbert Jacques Producers
Seymour Nebenzal, Fritz Lang Directors of Photography Karl Vash, Fritz Arno Wagner Art Directors Emil Hasler, Karl Vollbrecht Costumes Hans Kothke With Rudolf Klein-Rogge (Dr Mabuse), Otto Wehrnicke (Detective Inspector Lohmann), Oskar Beregi (Dr Baum), Gustav Diessl
(Thomas Kent), Wera Liessem (Lilli), Theodor Loos (Baum's assistant), Klaus Pohl (Mller) Runtime 116 minutes (orig. 122 minutes)

The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse/Die 1000 Augen des Dr Mabuse
(1960) West Germany Director Fritz Lang Screenplay Fritz Lang,
Heinz Oskar Wuttig, Jan Fethke Based on characters created by Norbert Jacques Producers Fritz Lang, Alfred Bittins, Artur Brauner Director of Photography Karl Lb Art Directors Erich Kettelhut, Johannes Ott Costumes Ina Stein With Dawn Addams (Marion
Menil), Peter Van Eyck (Travers), Wolfgang Preiss (Jordan), Gert Frbe (Detective Inspector Kras), Wolfgang Preiss aka Lupo Prezzo (Cornelius), Werner Peters (Hieronymus P Mistelzweig), Andrew Checchi (Hotel Detective Berg) Runtime 109 minutes DVD (four discs) UK, 2010 Produced
and Distributed by Eureka Entertainment (region 2) Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 (b/w) Sound Mix Mono 1.0 Extras Original German titles for Dr Mabuse, de Spieler. New English subtitles for all three films. Commentaries to all three films by David Kalat. Featurettes: (1)
Mabuse's Music, (2) Norbert Jacques: The Literary Inventor of Dr Mabuse, (3) Mabuse's Motives. A 2002 interview with Wolfgang Preiss. Alternative ending to The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse (French print). English dubbing track for The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse.
Three booklets (with production stills and interview excerpts): Sensation of Culture (a 1924 lecture by Fritz Lang), essay by Michel Chion on the use of sound in The Testament of Dr Mabuse, essay by David Cairns on The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse.

Lubitsch in Berlin: fairy-tales,
melodramas and sex comedies Six films by Ernst Lubitsch, 19181921 I Wouldn't Like To Be A Man/Ich mchte kein Mann sein (1918), The Doll/Die Puppe (1919), The Oyster Princess/Die Austernprinzessin (1919), Sumurun (1920), Anna Boleyn (1920), The Mountain
Cat/Die Vergkatze (1921) Germany Director Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay Hanns Kraly, Ernst Lubitsch, Norbert Falk Original Story E.T.A. Hoffman, Richard Rie Producers Paul Davidson, Ernst Lubitsch Directors of Photography Theodor Sparkul, Kurt Waschneck Art
Directors Kurt Richter, Erno Metzner, Hans Poelzig, Max Gronert, Ernst Stein Costumes Kurt Richter, Ali Hubert, Ernst Stein With Ossie Oswalda, Max Kronert, Herman Thimig, Marga Khler, Gerhardt Ritterband, Jacob Tiedtke, Josefine Dora, Kurt Gtz, Ferry Sikla, Margarete Kupfer,
Victor Janson, Pola Negri, Paul Wegener, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Edege Nissen, Harry Liedtke, Carl Clewing, Paul Biensfeldt, Paul Graetz, Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Paul Hartmann, Ludwig Hartau, Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein, Hilde Mller, Maria Reisendorfer, Ferdinand von Alten, Adolf Klein, Paul
Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegalmann, Edith Meller, Max Gronert, Erwin Kopp Runtime 471 minutes DVD UK, 2010 Produced and Distributed by Eureka Entertainment (region 0 PAL) Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 Sound Mix Mono 1.0 Extras New officiallylicensed transfer from
restored materials. New and improved optional English subtitles with German-language intertitles. Newly commissioned scores. New short essays by Anna Thorngate, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and David Cairns. Ernst Lubitsch In Berlin: From Schnhauser Allee to Berlin (2006), a 110-minute documentary
by Richard Fischer. Six ThinPaks enclosed in a hard box.

For All Mankind
(1989) USA Director Al Reinert Producers Betsy Broyles Breier, David Leitner, Al Reinert With Jim Lovell, Russell Schweikart, Eugene Cernan, Michael Collins, Charles Conrad, Richard
Gordon, Alan Bean, Jack Swigert, Stuart Roosa, James Irwin, Kenneth Mattingly, Charles Duke, Harrison Scmitt Runtime 80 minutes DVD UK, 2009 Produced and Distributed by Eureka Entertainment (region 2) Aspect Ratio 1.37:1 Sound Mix Stereo and 5.1 Extras
A new, restored high-definition transfer, supervised and approved by director Al Reinert. Audio commentary featuring Reinert and Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan. An Accidental Gift: The Making of For All Mankind a new documentary featuring interviews with Reinert, Apollo 12 and
Skylab astronaut Alan Bean, and NASA archive specialists. A gallery of Bean's artwork, inspired by his life as an astronaut, with commentary and a filmed introduction. NASA audio highlights and lift-off footage. Optional on-screen identification of astronauts and mission control specialists.
New optional English subtitles (SDH) for the hearing impaired. Booklet, featuring essays, credits, stills, a new interview with Brian Eno and more.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die
(1958) USA Director Douglas Sirk Screenplay Orin Jannings Original Story by
Erich Maria Remarque (novel) Producer Robert Arthur Cinematography Russell Metty Art Direction Alexander Golitzen and Alfred Sweeney Costume Design Bill Thomas With John Gavin (Ernst Grber), Liselotte Lilo Pulver (Elizabeth Kruse), Jock Mahoney (Immerman),
Keenan Wynn (Reuter), Don DeFore (Hermann Bttcher), Thayer David (Oscar Binding), Charles Rgnier (Josef), Erich Maria Remarque (Professor Pohlmann) and Klaus Kinski (the Gestapo Lieutenant). Runtime 127 minutes DVD UK, 2009 Produced and Distributed by Eureka Entertainment
(region 2) Aspect Ratio 2.35: 1 Original Aspect Ratio 35 mm Cinemascope Colour Extras New anamorphic transfer of the film in its original 2:35:1 CinemaScope aspect ratio. English SDH subtitles for the hearing impaired. Of Tears and Speed: According to Jean-Luc Godard
a 12-minute, visually annotated recitation of Jean-Luc Godard's seminal essay on Sirk's film. A 19-minute video interview with Wesley Strick, screenwriter of Scorsese's Cape Fear. Imitation of Life [Mirage of Life]: A Portrait Of Douglas Sirk documentary. The original trailer
for the film, from the time it retained the provisional title of simply A Time To Love. A 36-page booklet.