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Assunta Spina
(1914)

Kino on Video
2003 DVD edition

Assunta Spina (1914), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini (1982), color and black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K306, UPC 7-38329-03062-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles (feature); 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 12 August 2003.
Country of origin: USA •

Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 6.

This DVD edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. A significant amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, and other print flaws mar the viewing experience.

The film is presented with a delightful music score performed by Rodney Sauer and The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.

The disc is supplemented with the documentary The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini, originally produced for Italian television, transferred from a 16mm print. The documentary is in Italian, with permanent English subtitles. The heartbreaking fact revealed is that many of Bertini’s films were burned by German forces during World War II.

This edition is out-of-print but may be found in used copies.

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