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Four Around
the Woman
(1921)

Four Around the Woman (1921) directed by Fritz Lang is a crime-romance drama that anticipates some of Lang’s later works.

Kino Classics
2017 Blu-ray Disc edition

Fritz Lang: The Silent Films (1919-1929), color-tinted black & white and black & white, 1628 minutes total, not rated, including Four Around the Woman (1921), color-toned black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K20997, UPC 7-38329-20997-1.
Twelve single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, German and English language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; hardbound album with slip-in die-cut cardboard pages in cardboard slipcase; $149.95.
Release date: 21 November 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from an upconverted standard definition scan, which was utilized for Kino’s 2012 DVD edition (noted below).

The supplemental material includes a 32-page booklet featuring an essay by Tom Gunning.

We highly recommend this Blu-ray Disc boxset, especially if you would like to collect all of Fritz Lang’s silent films in one fell swoop.

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Kino Classics
2012 DVD edition

Fritz Lang: The Early Works (1919-1921), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 238 minutes total, not rated, including Four Around the Woman (1921), color-toned black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K1092, UPC 7-38329-10922-6.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, 192 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard three-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase; $39.95.
Release date: 6 November 2012.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition of early Fritz Lang feature films has been mastered from restoration prints by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

The film is accompanied by an original music score by Aljoscha Zimmermann performed by a small ensemble.

This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.

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Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Four Around the Woman (1921), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .