Ernst Lubitsch Collection
By: [Konzeption, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau -Stiftung; Produktion, Transit Film]
Contributors: Brand, Niel; Oswalda, Ossi, 1897?-1948; Janson, Victor, 1885-1960; Liedtke, Harry, 1882-1945; Falkenstein, Julius; Kronert, Max; Bois, Curt; Zimmermann, Aljoscha; Wegener, Paul, 1874-1948; Negri, Pola, 1899-1987; Clewing, Carl, 1884-1954; Porten, Henny, 1890-1960; Jannings, Emil, 1886-1950; Müller, Hilde; Egede Nissen, Aud; Pérez de Azpeitia, Javier; Dalpane, Marco; Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947; Fischer, Robert, 1954-; Bock, Hans-Michael; Transit Film
Publisher: Transit Film
Published: 2006
Place of publication: München]
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 408
Subjects: Drama; Motion picture producers and directors; Biography
Other titles: Ich Möchte kein Mann Sein.; Austernprinzessin.; Sumurun.; Anna Boleyn.; Bergkatze.
Description: [Ich möchte kein Mann sein]: A farce in which Ossi Oswalda as Ossi, a vivacious young woman whose ideas of fun -- smoking cigarettes, playing cards, dating boys -- unnerves her stodgy Uncle and stodgier Governess. When Uncle has to go to America on business, he hires the stuffy young Dr. Kersten as her guardian. Tired of being sheltered, Ossi disguises herself as a man and goes out to a nightclub.

[Die Austernprinzessin]: "Oyster-king Quaker cannot be impressed anymore. He is so rich that he even has a special butler holding his cigar while he is smoking. The only thing Quaker would be impressed by is if his daughter Ossi were to marry a real prince. He makes an offer to the poor prince Nucki, who sends his friend Josef to get a clear idea of the woman."-- Oliver Heidelbach (IMDb).

[Sumuren]: Women and their virtue, in the Orient. A young dancer who is happy to flirt with men, is noticed by an old but powerful sheikh, however his son also wants her. A hunchback and leader of the minstrel troupe loves her as well and opposes her sale to the sheikh. Meanwhile, Sumurun, the elder sheikh's beautiful concubine, has fallen in love with Nur al Din, a cloth merchant. The harem conspires to bring the lovers together. Desire, power, and jealousy are on a collision course.

[Anna Boleyn]: The story of the ill-fated second wife of the English king Henry VIII.

[Die Bergkatze]: "The free-spirited daughter of a dangerous bandit falls for a handsome lieutenant in director Ernst Lubitsch's classic 1921 military satire." -- Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Notes: Title from slipcase.

Silent films originally produced by Lubitsch between 1918-1921 which have been digitally restored and with new music.

Bonus material includes a film, Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin, by Robert Fischer; bio- and filmographies on 21 participants by Hans-Michael Bock; audio commentary to Anna Boleyn and Die Austernprinzessin by Hans-Michael Bock and Bernard Eisenschitz.

Accompanying booklet provides a brief description of each movie.

[Ich Möchte kein Mann Sein]: Musik von Niel Brand.

[Die Austernprinzessin]: Musik von Aljoscha Zimmermann & Ensemble.

[Sumurun]: Musik von Javier Pérez de Azpeita.

[Anna Boleyn]: Musik von Javier Pérez de Azpeita.

[Die Bergkatze]: Musik von Marco Dalpane.

[Ich Möchte kein Mann Sein]: Ossi Oswalda, Ferry Sikla, Curt Goetz, Margarete Kupfer, Victor Janson.

[Die Austernprinzessin]: Ossi Oswalda, Victor Janson, Harry Liedtke, Julius Falkenstein, Max Kronert, Curt Bois.

[Sumurun]: Paul Wegener, Pola Negri, Carl Clewing, Jenny Hasselqvist, Aud Egede Nissen, Paul Biensfeldt, Ernst Lubitsch.

[Anna Boleyn]: Henny Porten, Emil Jannings, Hedwig Pauly-Winterstein, Hilde Müller, Ludwig Hartau, Aud Egede Nissen, Paul Hartmann.

[Die Bergkatze]: Pola Negri, Victor Janson, Marga Köhler, Edith Meller, Max Kronert, Paul Heidemann, Wilhelm Diegelmann.

DVD; PAL; Region 2; Dolby Digital.

Zwischentitel Deutsch.
Table of contents: title: Ich möchte kein Mann sein, 1918 (34 min.); title: Anna Boleyn, 1920 (118 min.); title: Die Austernprinzessin, 1919 (60 min.); title: Die Bergkatze, 1921 (82 min.); title: Sumurun, 1920 (103 min.); title: Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin : Von der Schönhauser Allee nach Hollywood / ein Film von Robert Fischer (110 min.)