Bílá nemoc [White Disease, The] ◾︎ Hugo Haas ◾︎ 1937

Filmexport Home Video

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:46:20 PM

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Label: Filmexport Home Video (Czech Republic)

Region: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8

RCE protection: No

Copyright protection system: None

Disc type: DVD9 (the data occupy 6.05 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:42:02.14

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.29:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 2.94 / 4.50 / 7.64 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing, English & German

Menus available in:

Czech

Special features:

Introduction by Pavel Jiras, a film historian (29:44, in Czech)
Photogallery (1:42, 29 film stills)
Biographies & filmographies (in Czech)
- Staff
  - Karel Čapek - story (7 pages)
  - Hugo Haas - screenplay, direction (7 pages)
  - Otto Heller - cinematography (10 pages)
  - Jan Branberger - music (2 pages)
- Cast
  - Hugo Haas - Dr Galén (7 pages)
  - Zdeněk Štěpánek - The Marshal (9 pages)
  - Karla Oličová - The Marshal's Daughter (3 pages)
  - Bedřich Karen - Dr Sigelius (4 pages)
  - Václav Vydra st. - Baron Krog (5 pages)
  - Ladislav Boháč - Krog's Nephew (7 pages)
+ bibliography (2 pages, in Czech)
Interviews (in Czech)
- Vilém Pruner - "Remembering the Shoot" (3:09)
- Ivan Klíma - "The Work of Karel Čapek" (24:52)
Contemporary documentation (2:48, in Czech)
Contemporary documentation on DVD-ROM
Festivals & awards (1 page, in Czech)
ČRo 1 - Radiožurnál ad (0:27, in Czech)
About the DVD
- Filmexport Home Video (3 pages, in Czech)
- National Film Archive (2 pages, in Czech & English)
"Zlatý fond" on DVD (6 pages, in Czech)
Other films available (1 page, in Czech)

*difference between channels is -89.82 dB (0.00 %)

National Film Archive / Blu-ray (frame 3532)

National Film Archive / Blu-ray

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:46:20 PM

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Label: National Film Archive (Czech Republic)

Region: A, B & C (?)

RCE protection: n/a

Copyright protection system: AACS

Disc type: BD50 & BD25 (the data occupy 44.26 & 19.94 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:48:33.21

Video: MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24

Aspect ratio: 1.37:1

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 0.00 / 24.99 / 51.61 Mbps

Audio:

Czech DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 mono* / 2,025 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing & English

Menus available in:

Czech & English

Special features:

Disc 1

"Info" ("About," 1:01, silent)

Disc 2

Trailer 'The White Disease' (2016, 1:25, in Czech with optional English subtitles)
Trailer 'Krakatit' (2016, 1:07, in Czech with optional English subtitles)
"Digitální restaurování nejčastějších poškození filmového materiálu"
("The Digital Restoration of the Most Common Types of Damage to Film Material," 2016, 2:58)
"Továrna na iluse" ("The Illusion Factory," 1938, 11:04, in Czech**)
"Hugo Haas 1964" (1965, 8:00, in Czech**)
"Havran a želva" ("The Raven and the Turtle," 1948, 9:52, in Czech**)
"Železný klobouk" ("Iron Hat," 1961, 10:47)**
"Světlo proniká tmou" ("Light Penetrates the Darkness," 1931, 4:42,
silent with optional English subtitles for on-screen text in Czech)
"Sál ztracených kroků" ("The Hall of Lost Steps," 1960, 11:57, in Czech**)
"Poslední léta" ("The Last Years," 1963, 19:07, in Czech**)
"Atom na rozcestí" ("Atom at a Crossroads," 1947, 10:30)**
"Info" ("About," 1:01, silent)

(Unless noted otherwise, all extras are MPEG-4 AVC, 1080p24, DTS-HD MA 2.0.)

24-page booklet (in Czech & English)

Notes:

"The White Disease" shares the disc with "Krakatit" ("Krakatit").

From the booklet:

The film was used for television broadcast in a version with new opening credits [as seen on the Filmexport DVD], which were likely created in the 1950s, when the film was re-released as part of the celebration marking 60 years of Czechoslovak cinematography. In the course of the digital restoration, it was discovered that the original animated credit sequence was preserved in several of the prints held in the archive. These reinstated credits bring the restored version much closer to the film's original form.

To see the screenshots in glorious