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The Kaiser of California (Blu-ray)

Directed by : Luis Trenker
Available Date : 03/23/2021
Release Year : 1936
Running Time : 99
UPC : 738329253035
Country : Germany
Language: German w English Subtitles
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On the surface, The Kaiser of California appears to be a cinematic anomaly: an epic Western produced under the state-controlled cinema of the Third Reich. But the film’s novelty value is quickly eclipsed by its dazzling visual aristry: striking compositions and stunning location photography worthy of John Ford (who was still three years away from making his signature Western, Stagecoach). In telling the story of German-born pioneer John Sutter, actor/director Luis Trenker returned to the awe-inspiring vistas and daring feats of rock-climbing that had made his “mountain films” such a sensation. The result is a film whose style is deeply Germanic and spectacularly American at the same time, virtually unseen in the United States, prior to this 2K restoration by the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Stiftung.

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Audio commentary by film historian Eddy Von Mueller

Publish Date : 2021-02-23
  • Luis Trenker - Director
  • Luis Trenker - Actor
  • Viktoria von Ballasko - Actor
  • Werner Kunig - Actor
  • Karli Zwingmann - Actor
  • Paul Verhoeven - Actor

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