Czech Silent Genre Rarities from Director Jan S. Kolar – The Arrival from the Darkness + St. Wenceslas (Limited Edition) w/SLIP

One of the great pioneers of the early Czech film industry, director and writer Jan S. Kolr (1896-1973) worked in a number of genres: supernatural fantasy, medieval epics, romantic melodrama, sci-fi and more. Deaf Crocodile is thrilled to collaborate with the Nrodn filmov archv, Pragueand Comeback Company on this first-ever Blu-ray release of two of Kolrs finest Silent features and a number of rare shorts.

THE ARRIVAL FROM THE DARKNESS (PCHOZ Z TEMNOT)1921, NFA, 62 min., dir.Jan S. Kolr. Much wilder-than-you-think-it-will-be occult story about a book collector (Theodor Pitk) who uses an ancient manuscript to revive his long-dormant 16th century ancestor (Karel Lama) who then tries to steal the collectors wife (Anny Ondra), thinking shes his long-lost love Alena