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Ernst Lubitsch
in Berlin
(2006)

This documentary on director Ernst Lubitsch focuses on his film work in Germany before emigrating to Hollywood in the early 1920s. Participation in the documentary includes Lubitsch family members daughter Nicola Lubitsch and niece Evy Bettelheim-Bentley, directors Tom Tykwer, Hans Helmut Prinzler and Wolfgang Becker, actors Henny Porten and Dani Levy, music editor Amanda Goodpaster, biographer Michael Hanisch, and film preservationists Enno Patalas and Jan-Christopher Horak.

Masters of Cinema
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 580 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.

Eureka Entertainment,
EKA70270 (MoC 175-180), unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region B Blu-ray Discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard three-disc BD keepcase; £16.99.
Release date: 18 September 2017.
Country of origin: England

This Region B Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from 35mm print elements.

Supplementary material includes the feature-length documentary Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin by Robert Fischer; and an insert booklet with writings by David Cairns, Anna Thorngate, and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.

Sight unseen, this is our recommended home video edition of this documentary for European collectors. North American collectors will need a region-free Blu-ray Disc player to view this edition.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.

Kino International
2007 DVD edition

The Doll (1919), color-toned and color-tinted black & white, 64 minutes, not rated, with Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K560, UPC 7-38329-05602-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in anamorphic 16:9 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 5.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; German and English languages, permanent English language subtitles; 20 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 4 December 2007.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 9 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

For this DVD edition, the documentary by Robert Fischer is presented in anamorphic widescreen for 16:9 television monitors in a 1.85:1 slightly letterboxed format that is framed to the top of the screen. On standard monitors, the letterboxing is more pronounced to fix within a smaller rectangle.

This remains our recommended North American DVD home video edition of the film.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .

Masters of Cinema
2010 DVD edition

Lubitsch in Berlin (1919-1921), black & white, color-toned black & white, and color and black & white, 581 minutes total, BBFC Classification PG, including Ernst Lubitsch in Berlin (2006), color and color-toned black & white, 109 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.

Eureka Entertainment,
unknown catalog number (MoC94-99), unknown UPC number.
Six single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; six slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; £49.99.
Release date: 25 January 2010.
Country of origin: England

This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm print.

This is our recommended European DVD home video edition of this documentary. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.