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Die elf Teufel
[The Eleven Devils]
(1927)

This German sports drama, directed by Zoltán Korda, stars Gustav Fröhlich (star of Metropolis) as one of “The Eleven Devils” on a working-class soccer team.

Edition Filmmuseum
2006 DVD edition

Die elf Teufel [The Eleven Devils] (1927), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated, with König der Mittelstürmer [King of the Center Forwards] (1927), black & white, 95 minutes, not rated.

Edition Filmmuseum, 08, UPC/EAN 4-260100-330087.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 50 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 224 Kbps audio bit rate; German language intertitles, optional English, French, Spanish and Portuguese language subtitles; no chapter stops; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; €29,95.
Release date: June 2006 (second edition, May 2012).
Country of origin: Germany

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

This PAL DVD edition has been produced by Filmmuseum München and the Goethe-Institut, München, from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print.

The film is presented with an improvised piano score performed by Joachim Bärenz.

This high-quality edition is recommended to all. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available directly from . . .

Loving the Classics
2025 DVD edition

Die elf Teufel [The Eleven Devils] (1927), black & white, 98 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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 ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; German? language intertitles, permanent? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 4 March 2025
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print or copied from the EFM edition noted above.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .