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Kino International is proud to release a new six-film, thinpak box set dedicated to the German films of legendary UFA director F. W. Murnau.

Contains

• FAUST - Disc 1 of Restored Deluxe Edition (NEW)
• THE HAUNTED CASTLE (NEW)
• THE FINANCES OF THE GRAND DUKE (NEW)
• THE LAST LAUGH - Disc 1 of Restored Deluxe Edition (previously released)
• NOSFERATU - Disc 1 of The Ultimate Edition (previously released)
• TARTUFFE - Restored Authorized Edition (previously released)

All six films included in the box set, The Haunted Castle (1921), Nosferatu (1922), The Last Laugh (1924), The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924), Tartuffe (1925), and Faust (1926) have been recently restored by the Murnau Foundation and Transit Films, Germany, and were mastered from 35mm archival materials.

Of these six films, three of them are new to DVD in the US: Faust, being presented in a restoration of the German release edit never seen in the US, as well as The Haunted Castle and The Finances of the Grand Duke, both being made available for the first time in the US.

Kino's all-new Murnau box set comes with a suggested retail price of $99.95, and a prebook date of February 17, 2009. Its street date is March 17.

Nosferatu, The Last Laugh and Faust are presented in the new Murnau box set on single discs, containing the latest 2007 and 2008 restorations, along with all the special features found in the double-disc sets. The deluxe versions of Nosferatu (Kino, 2007), The Last Laugh (Kino, 2008) and Faust ...

Cast: Alexander Granach, Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, Gösta Ekman, Lil Dagover, Gustav von Wangenheim, Max Schreck, William Dieterle, Greta Schröder

Director: Friedrich Wilhelm (F.W.) Murnau

Genre: Foreign

Release Date: 1921, 1922, 1924, 1926

MPAA Rating: Unrated

Screen Writer: Henrik Galeen, Thea von Harbou

DVD Release Date: March 17, 2009

Runtime: 521 minutes

Studio: Kino International