Westfront 1918 / Kameradschaft Blu-ray
HomeWestfront 1918 / Kameradschaft Blu-ray
Posted May 5, 2017 05:47 PM by Webmaster
British label Eureka Entertainment will release on Blu-ray two films from G.W. Pabst: Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft. The double-feature release will be available for purchase on July 24.
Synopsis: Georg Wilhelm Pabst (Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl) made a flawless transition from silent to sound filmmaking with, Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft, a pair of strongly anti-war titles (Pabst himself was a prisoner of war for the duration of WWI) that combined elements of Expressionism and New Objectivity to stunning effect.
In Westfront 1918, four infantrymen on the Western Front suffer the everyday hardships and insanity of trench warfare, and in Kameradschaft, a team of German miners risk their lives to rescue a team of French miners left trapped after an underground explosion.
Sharing many thematic elements, as well as key cast and crew (most notably cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner, M, Nosferatu, Der müde Tod), Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft represents a master director at the height of his powers, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present both these titles for the first time ever on Blu-ray in a special Dual Format edition.
Special Features and Specs:
Synopsis: Georg Wilhelm Pabst (Pandora's Box, Diary of a Lost Girl) made a flawless transition from silent to sound filmmaking with, Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft, a pair of strongly anti-war titles (Pabst himself was a prisoner of war for the duration of WWI) that combined elements of Expressionism and New Objectivity to stunning effect.
In Westfront 1918, four infantrymen on the Western Front suffer the everyday hardships and insanity of trench warfare, and in Kameradschaft, a team of German miners risk their lives to rescue a team of French miners left trapped after an underground explosion.
Sharing many thematic elements, as well as key cast and crew (most notably cinematographer Fritz Arno Wagner, M, Nosferatu, Der müde Tod), Westfront 1918 and Kameradschaft represents a master director at the height of his powers, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present both these titles for the first time ever on Blu-ray in a special Dual Format edition.
Special Features and Specs:
- Limited Edition O-card [First 2000 copies]
- Uncompressed PCM soundtrack for both titles (on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles
- Westfront 1918, an introduction by film scholar and author Jan-Christopher Horak
- Kameradschaft, an introduction by film scholar and author Jan-Christopher Horak
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by Philip Kemp, alongside rare archival imagery