Denmark released PAL/Region 0 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: Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ) Danish ( Subtitles ) English ( Subtitles ) SPECIAL FEATURES: Alternative Footage Biographies Interactive Menu Scene Access SYNOPSIS: After seeing D. W. Griffith s epic Intolerance Denmark s greatest director Carl Theodor Dreyer (The Passion of Joan of Arc Vampyr) was inspired to make his own four-episode historical epic with each story told end to end anthology-style linked by theme to the others. The unifying character Satan attempts to win God s favor but is doomed to cheerless participation in dark episodes of human history: the temptation of Jesus the Spanish Inquisition the French Revolution and the Russo-Finnish war of 1918. Few directors resisted compromise and convention the way Dreyer did; fortunately the Nordisk Film Company was artistically progressive by Hollywood standards and agreed that this should be a prestige film made to the highest standards. More than two years in production Dreyer not only directed but also controlled every facet of this ambitious production. ...Leaves From Satan s Book ( Blade af Satans bog )