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| Medium: Sonstiges |
| Bemerkungen: | UK-Blu-ray von Second Run https://www.secondrundvd.com/release_horseman.html Czechoslovakia, 1964 Length / Main feature: 98 minutes Length / Special features: 30 minutes Sound - Blu-ray: 2.0 Mono LPCM (48k/24-bit) Sound - DVD: 2.0 Dolby Mono Black and white Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Language: Czech Subtitles: English Blu-Ray: BD50 / 1080 / 24fps / Region ABC DVD: PAL / DVD9 / 25fps / Region 0 Blu-Ray RRP: £19.99 DVD RRP: £12.99 Release Date: 30 August 2021 Second Run DVD 134 / SRBD 043 Special Features • The Fifth Horseman is Fear presented from a new HD transfer from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive. • A newly-recorded Projection Booth audio commentary with Kat Ellinger, Jonathan Owen and Mike White. • Two ‘lost’ sequences: the Italian Prologue, and the notorious Nazi brothel sequence that appeared in the 1968 American and Italian release versions of the film. • Žalm (1966) - a poetic short film by the renowned Czech filmmaker Evald Schorm. • 24-page booklet with new writing on the film by Jonathan Owen, and an appreciation by filmmaker Dominik Graf. • New and improved English subtitle translation. • World premiere on Blu-ray / UK premiere on DVD • Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C) and DVD (‘0’) editions. Set in Prague, this powerful tale is informed as much by Czech resistance to Soviet impositions as it is by the torments of the Nazi era. A Jewish former doctor is compelled to work cataloguing the confiscated homes and possessions of fellow Jews. When asked to secretly treat a wounded resistance fighter he is plunged into a moral dilemma, and begins a nightmarish odyssey to save the man. Focussing on the intense anxiety, paranoia and terror prevalent in any totalitarian system, Zbyn?k Brynych’s The Fifth Horseman is Fear subverts its historical context, creating a frighteningly relevant portrait of a society ruled by fear. Presented from a new HD transfer from original materials, our region-free Blu-ray and DVD editions feature a new Projection Booth commentary; two controversial ‘lost’ sequences that appeared in the 1968 American and Italian release versions of the film; a short film the renowned Czech filmmaker Evald Schorm, plus a booklet with new writing on the film by author Jonathan Owen and filmmaker Dominik Graf. |