A Beginner's Guide To Cinema (Vol. 2) - 7-DVD Box Set ( The Blue Angel / Double Indemnity / Orpheus (Orphée) / Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) / Imitat [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ]

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Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: ***WARNING***Films contain original language audio with English subtitles***Second volume boxset in 'A Beginner's Guide to Cinema' collection that includes work by six masters of cinema: Josef von Sternberg, Billy Wilder, Yasujiro Ozu, Douglas Sirk, Luchino Visconti and Jean Cocteau. The Blue Angel - Weimar Germany (1930) Marlene Dietrich steals more than one show in this backstage tragedy about a lowly professor besotted with a cruel and enigmatic singer. Double Indemnity - USA (1944) A wife and an insurance agent plot together to murder the husband and collect his accident insurance. Orpheus - France (1950) Orphee is a poet who becomes obsessed with Death (the Princess). Tokyo Story - Japan (1953) An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their children and are confronted by indifference, ingratitude and selfishness. Imitation of Life - USA (1959) In 1947 at Coney Island, down-on-her-luck actress Lora Meredith and her young daughter Susie meet coloured Annie Johnson and her daughter Sarah Jane. The Leopard - Italy (1963) In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: BAFTA Awards, Cannes Film Festival, David Donatello Awards, Golden Globes, Oscar Academy Awards, ...A Beginner's Guide To Cinema (Vol. 2) - 7-DVD Box Set ( The Blue Angel / Double Indemnity / Orpheus (Orphée) / Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) / Imitat