Ďáblova past [Devil's Trap, The] ◾︎ František Vláčil ◾︎ 1961

ČT2 DVB

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:55:41 PM

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Label: ČT2 DVB (Czech Republic)

Region: n/a

RCE protection: n/a

Copyright protection system: n/a

Disc type: n/a

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:25:24.13

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.30:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 1.29 / 4.17 / 6.70 Mbps

Audio:

Czech MPEG-1 Layer 2 2.0 mono / 256 kbps

Subtitles:

None

Menus available in:

None

Special features:

None

Notes:

This is a recording from ČT2's digital terrestrial broadcast.
Its purpose here is to provide a kind of reference for
Filmexport's DVD release reviewed below.

Filmexport Home Video

Reviewed by dvdfreak

Last modified on Thursday 19th March 2020, 10:55:41 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: DVD5 (the data occupy 4.27 GB)

Playback time (hh:mm:ss.frames): 1:25:46.13

Video: PAL

Aspect ratio: 1.30:1 non-anamorphic

Bitrate (min / avg / max): 1.65 / 5.01 / 8.47 Mbps

Audio:

Czech Dolby Digital 2.0 mono* / 224 kbps

Subtitles:

Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing
English

Menus available in:

Czech

Special features:

Introduction by a film historian (15:02, in Czech**)
Photogallery (3:11, 45 film stills)
Biographies & filmographies (in Czech)
- Staff
  - Technik Alfréd - original novel (4 pages)
  - Dvořák František A. - screenwriter (3 pages)
  - Kratochvíl Miloš V. - screenwriter (4 pages)
  - Vláčil František - director (8 pages)
  - Milič Rudolf - cinematographer (8 pages)
  - Liška Zdeněk - composer (18 pages)
- Cast
  - Vejražka Vítězslav (7 pages)
  - Macháček Miroslav (7 pages)
  - Řanda Čestmír (9 pages)
  - Olmer Vít (8 pages)
  - Chadimová Karla (6 pages)
+ bibliography (2 pages, in Czech)
Interviews (in Czech**)
- Vít Olmer (2:38)
Contemporary documentation (1:16, in Czech)
Contemporary documentation on DVD-ROM
ČRo 1 - Radiožurnál ad (0:16, in Czech)
About the DVD
- Filmexport Home Video (3 pages, in Czech)
- National Film Archive (2 pages, in Czech & English)
"Zlatý fond" on DVD (8 pages, in Czech)
Other films available (10 pages, in Czech)

Notes:

A good film with some interesting camera work - certainly a recommended viewing for Vláčil fans, however, I do feel the DVD is one of Filmexport's weaker/est (?) efforts, PQ-wise... ;-(

*difference between channels is -83.01 dB (0.01 %) **subtitled in Czech for the deaf and hard of hearing

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