Early Murnau: Five Films 1921-1925 Blu-ray Box Set Detailed 
Posted June 16, 2016 05:06 PM by

Eureka EntertainmentBritish distributors Eureka Entertainment have detailed their upcoming Early Murnau: Five Films 1921-1925 Blu-ray box set. The release will be available for purchase on August 22.

One of the most influential and revered figures in all of cinema, Friedrich Wilheim Murnau came to prominence in the first half of the 1920s with a diverse string of productions ranging from buoyant satire to swirling psychological drama. Five key works are presented here: Schloß Vogelöd, Phantom, Die Finanzen des Großherzogs (The Grand Duke's Finances), Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) and Tartuffe.

In the sinister mystery Schloß Vogelöd, terrible secrets from the past threaten a group of aristocrats' gathering at a country manor. In the delirious Phantom, an aspiring poet's chance encounter with a beautiful woman leads into obsession and deception. The delightful Die Finanzen des Großherzogs sees a rakish-but-impoverished duke setting out to rebuild his fortune via blissfully comic high adventure on the Mediterranean coast. In Der Letzte Mann, one of the undisputed masterpieces of the silent era, Emil Jannings gives an overwhelming performance as a hotel porter with dreams of a higher station in life, and was a stylistic breakthrough for both Murnau and cinema in general. Finally, the slyly satiric Tartuffe features Jannings as Molière's iconic creation in a morality tale film-within-a-film as only Murnau could conceive.

This collection features new high-definition transfers of all five films from the finest archival elements, all on Blu-ray for the first time in a special edition three-disc set.

Special Features:
New high-definition presentations of all five films, created by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung
Uncompressed PCM audio on all five scores | Original German-language intertitles with newly translated optional English-language subtitles on all films
The Language of the Shadows: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau and His Films, a 31-minute video piece by Luciano Berriatúa on the early works of Murnau
Audio commentary by film scholar David Kalat on The Grand Duke's Finances
The Making of The Last Laugh, a 41-minute documentary by Murnau expert Luciano Berriatúa
Tartuffe: The Lost Film, a 37-minute documentary by Berriatúa | A 100-page book featuring writing by Charles Jameux, Lotte H. Eisner, Janet Bergstrom, Tony Rayns, and archival imagery

◎译 名 古堡惊魂 / The Haunted Castle / 古堡驚魂
◎片 名 Schloß Vogeloed
◎年 代 1921
◎产 地 德国
◎类 别 剧情 / 悬疑 / 恐怖 / 犯罪
◎语 言 德语
◎上映日期 1921-04-07
◎IMDb评分  6.3/10 from 1307 users
◎IMDb链接  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012651
◎豆瓣评分 7.2/10 from 269 users
◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1401622/
◎片 长 75 分钟
◎导 演 F·W·茂瑙 F.W. Murnau
◎编 剧 Rudolf Stratz / 卡尔·梅育 Carl Mayer
◎主 演 Arnold Korff
  Lulu Kyser-Korff
  Lothar Mehnert
  Paul Hartmann
  Paul Bildt
  Olga Tschechowa
  Victor Bluetner
  Hermann Vallentin
  Julius Falkenstein
  Robert Leffler
  Walter Kurt Kuhle

◎简 介 

In the castle Vogeloed, a few aristocrats are awaiting baroness Safferstätt. But first count Oetsch invites himself.. Everyone thinks he murdered his brother, baroness Safferstat's first husband, three years ago. So he is rather undesirable. But Oetsch stays; arguing he is not the murderer and will find the real one...

◎译 名 魅影 / The Phantom
◎片 名 Phantom
◎年 代 1922
◎产 地 德国
◎类 别 剧情 / 爱情 / 奇幻
◎语 言 德语
◎上映日期 1922-11-13
◎IMDb评分  6.9/10 from 1462 users
◎IMDb链接  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013496
◎豆瓣评分 7.9/10 from 267 users
◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1307795/
◎片 长 125 分钟
◎导 演 F·W·茂瑙 F.W. Murnau
◎编 剧 Hans Heinrich von Twardowski / 特娅·冯·哈堡 Thea von Harbou
◎主 演 阿弗莱德·阿贝尔 Alfred Abel
  Grete Berger
  丽尔·达戈沃 Lil Dagover

◎简 介 

《魅影》被誉为茂瑙转捩时期的重要作品，曾一度被列作使人引为憾事的散佚经典。背景是民风淳朴的小市镇，主角偶见乘马车飞驰而过的艳女，惊为天人，神魂颠倒，自此他沉溺在幻想之中，不能自拔，沦落到底。茂瑙在营造气氛方面有不凡的成绩，小镇风貌活灵活现，穷苦一俗的狭隘与贵族的谄媚成强烈对比；在片场运用了巨型的机械设计，造就地面上会追吁主角走的「魔鬼式」黑影，几场天马行空的梦幻场面，使人拍案叫绝。

◎译 名 公爵的钱财 / Finances of the Grand Duke
◎片 名 Die Finanzen des Großherzogs
◎年 代 1924
◎产 地 德国
◎类 别 喜剧
◎语 言 德语
◎上映日期 1924-01-07
◎IMDb评分  6.4/10 from 704 users
◎IMDb链接  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014900
◎豆瓣评分 6.5/10 from 107 users
◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1303911/
◎片 长 80 分钟(1995年修复版)
◎导 演 F·W·茂瑙 F.W. Murnau
◎编 剧 Frank Heller / Thea von Harbou
◎主 演 Mady Christians
  Harry Liedtke
  Robert Scholtz

◎简 介 

The likeable and carefree Grand Duke of Abacco is in dire straits. There is no money left to service the State's debt; the main creditor is looking forward to expropriating the entire Duchy. The marriage with Olga, Grand Duchess of Russia, would solve everything, but a crucial letter of hers about the engagement has been stolen. Besides, a bunch of revolutionaries and a dubious businessman have other plans regarding the Grand Duke. With the intrusion of adventurer Philipp Collins into the Grand Duke's affairs, a series of frantic chases, plots and counter-plots begins...

◎译 名 塔度夫 / Tartuffe / 伪善者
◎片 名 Herr Tartüff
◎年 代 1925
◎产 地 德国
◎类 别 剧情
◎语 言 德语
◎上映日期 1925-11-20
◎IMDb评分  7.1/10 from 1808 users
◎IMDb链接  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017448
◎豆瓣评分 7.8/10 from 360 users
◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1307272/
◎片 长 74 分钟
◎导 演 F·W·茂瑙 F.W. Murnau
◎编 剧 卡尔·梅育 Carl Mayer
◎主 演 丽尔·达戈沃 Lil Dagover
  Werner Krauss
  爱米尔·强宁斯 Emil Jannings

◎简 介 

影片节选自莫里哀的著名戏剧《伪君子》，一个寻常的早上，贪婪的女管家蛊惑主人写赠于遗嘱，老人的外孙来看老人，老人看不起做演员的外孙将他拒之门外，为了让老人清醒，外孙于是假扮了一个电影放映人放映了《伪君子》。戏中戏开始于商人奥格的妻子艾米丽等待远行的丈夫回家...

◎译 名 最卑贱的人 / The Last Laugh / 最后一笑
◎片 名 Der letzte Mann
◎年 代 1924
◎产 地 德国
◎类 别 剧情
◎语 言 德语
◎上映日期 1924-12-23
◎IMDb评分  8.1/10 from 11555 users
◎IMDb链接  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0015064
◎豆瓣评分 8.7/10 from 3774 users
◎豆瓣链接 https://movie.douban.com/subject/1307639/
◎片 长 77 分钟
◎导 演 F.W. Murnau
◎编 剧 Carl Mayer
◎主 演 Emil Jannings
  Maly Delschaft
  Max Hiller

◎简 介 

本片主人公（爱米尔·强宁斯 Emil Jannings 饰）是一所大旅馆的看门人，一直以来他都为这份体面的工作感到自豪。当他下班后穿着神气的制服，回到自己所居住的贫民区时，邻居们都会向他投来羡慕的眼光。新一天开始了，如常上班的他却被告知老板要辞退他，因为他年纪太大了。但念在他工作多年的份上，老板把他调去打扫厕所，还要收 回他的金边制服。他一下子从神气十足的看门人变成了低三下四的厕所清洁工。不能接受这个事实的他，夜里潜入旅馆把制服偷了回来。他穿着制服去参加侄女的婚礼，没有把被调职一事告诉亲朋好友。很快，他的秘密被别人知道了，大家纷纷嘲笑他。他再也没有颜面去面对别人了，于是跑回旅馆归还了制服，失魂落魄地坐在厕所中。然而故事并没有就此结束……
影片改编自果戈里的小说《外套》。