(Wenn die Gondeln Trauer tragen | Ne vous retournez pas)
by Nicolas Roeg
UK / Italy 1973
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Director:
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Nicolas Roeg | |
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Producer:
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Peter Katz | |
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Executive Producer:
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Anthony B. Unger | |
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Production Companies:
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British Lion / Casey Productions Ltd. / Eldorado Films | |
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Screenplay:
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Chris Bryant, Allan Scott (based on a short story by Daphne DuMaurier) | |
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Cinematographer:
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Anthony B. Richmond, B.S.C. (Technicolor, 1.78:1) | |
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Editor:
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Graeme Clifford | |
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Music Score:
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Pino Donaggio | |
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Art Director:
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Giovanni Soccol | |
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Sound:
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Peter Davies, Bob Jones | |
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Cast:
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Julie Christie (Laura Baxter), Donald Sutherland (John Baxter), Hilary Mason (Heather), Clelia Matania (Wendy), Massimo Serato (Bishop Barbarigo), Renato Scarpa (Inspector Longhi), Nicholas Salter (Johnny Baxter), Ann Rye (Mandy Babbage), Adelina Poerio (Dwarf), Sharon Williams (Christine Baxter) | |
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Runtime:
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109 min (2973 m) | |
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Premiere:
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7 December 1973 | |
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Awards:
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BAFTA Film Award 1974 Best Cinematography: Anthony B. Richmond |
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"A superbly chilling essay in the supernatural ... it's hypnotically brilliant as it works remorselessly toward a sense of dislocation in time."
— Tom Milne, Time Out "This is the fanciest, most carefully assembled enigma yet put on the screen. ... an example of high-fashion gothic sensibility ... but there's a distasteful clamminess about the picture. Roeg's style is in love with disintegration." |
Paramount Region 1 vs. Kinowelt Region 2
R1 screenshots courtesy by Gary Tooze / dvdbeaver.com
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Distribution:
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Paramount Home Entertainment Region 1 (North America) |
Kinowelt Home Entertainment / Arthaus / StudioCanal Region 2 (Germany) |
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Runtime:
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109:56 min | 105:26 min (+ 4% PAL Speedup = 110 min) | |
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Video:
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1.78:1/16:9 Anamorphic WideScreen Average Bitrate: 5.40 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.78:1/16:9 Anamorphic WideScreen Average Bitrate: 5.66 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s R1 is more on the yellow side, R2 more on the blue side of the colour spectrum. R2 is slightly windowboxed to prevent overscan |
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Audio:
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English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Français Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Deutsch Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono The UK version of this transfer claims a 2.0 Surround mix (see below), "but there appears to be no stereo element at all" (DVD Times). Sound is very poor (distortion!) on all versions |
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Subtitles:
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English • Closed captioned | English, Deutsch | |
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Features:
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• Theatrical Trailer | • Theatrical Trailer (02:13 min, 1.78:1/16:9) • 8-Pages Booklet with Production Notes The UK version of this transfer features a 20-min documentary (see below) |
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DVD Release Date: 3 September 2002 Keep Case Chapters: 15 DVD Encoding: NTSC Region 1 SS-SL/DVD-5 |
DVD Release Date: 27 March 2001 Keep Case Chapters: 20 DVD Encoding: PAL Region 2 SS-DL/DVD-9 |
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Also available in the same transfer from StudioCanal in France and the UK:
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Frame 1: Menu
(R1 left, R2 right)
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Frame 2
(R1 left, R2 right)
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Frame 3
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Frame 4
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Frame 5
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Frame 6
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Average Bitrate Region 1:
5.40 mb/s
Average Bitrate Region 2:
5.66 mb/s
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Disclaimer by This is a strictly non-professional and non-commercial DVD review. Don't expect industry reference work! All ChiaroScuro captures are taken under MacOS X.2 using VideoLAN and Snapz ProX. For further methodological remarks see DVDBeaver (click on "Methodology"): "We are not a lab and are doing a good a job as our time and energy permits. Thank you for understanding." |
Last update: 20 Sep 2002