Some years ago I was keen on Conrad Veidt and Anton Walbrook and collected what I could find of their early stuff via ebay (my personal foray into the realm of dubious copies). Walbrook is in Viktor und Viktoria and my VHS copy is as Jessica described--very casually labeled, and I remember it as having no subtitles. I think it was pretty poor quality (perhaps due to pal-ntsc transfer or perhaps originally a poor video version) though not as bad as some. There are now 4 clips on YouTube, looking pretty good; there is a lot of visual comedy.
Judy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 12:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Viktor und Viktoria Thanx Jessica. There are copies on ebay.de and WorldCat shows a couple copies in German Universities, certainly PAL and in German. We have First a Girl which is in distribution. I guess it will remain one of those wished for titles. -deg On 1/23/13 12:54 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >There are certainly bootlegs out there but not sure if they have >English titles. There is no legal US release. I remember years ago >trying to interest Kino in putting it out as they dealt with the >Germans who owned the vast majority of German films up through WW2 but >there was a problem because of the two remakes. Great film. The English >remake, FIRST A GIRL with Jessie Matthews is also charming. > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
