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Victor Sjöström
(1981)

This feature-length documentary was directed by Gösta Werner, produced by Sjöström biographer Bengt Forslund, and features Ingmar Bergman.

Kino International
2008 DVD edition

The Outlaw and His Wife (1918), color-toned black & white, 70 minutes, not rated, with Victor Sjöström (1981), color and black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, K598, UPC 7-38329-05982-8.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 8.2 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; Swedish language audio, optional English language subtitles; 16 chapter stops; 4-page insert booklet; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 29 July 2008.
Country of origin: USA

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

This DVD edition of the documentary has been paired with one of Victor Sjöström’s best-known films, previously available on laserdisc and VHS videotape. Consisting predominantly of extended exerpts from Sjöström films, which ranges from good to excellent quality, the documentary’s appearance on DVD has been too long coming, and is to be considered a companion piece to Bengt Forslund’s biography of Sjöström.

Narration and interviews are conducted in Swedish, and optional English subtitles are provided.

This is our recommended home video edition of the documentary.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .