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König der
Mittelstürmer
[King of the Center Forwards]
(1927)

This German sports drama, directed by Fritz Freisler, stars Paul Richter (star of Siegfried) as “The King of the Center Forwards” on a professional 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 full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 7.5 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; 6 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 only surviving nitrate print of the film, a damaged and deteriorating 35mm print with sections lost to decomposition. The intertitles have been restored utilizing the original German censorship records.

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 . . .