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T$^ w=o d: ,ifferences between this Aus= trian versio@ _n (and.? th e/ generally _]ava-_ilable \ American . version are imme? diately obvious) :_ + they differ bo/ /[t+)h in t $h!:eir length_ \ an?[ d in $;@the lang!]\uage ( o@]=f the intertitle`s. The Am?er!`=ican ver?sion i,s onl]y 1,883 metr )-es long - at 18 fram%!es per %) s econd a difference of - *=so%me 7 min?\ute`s t,o t he / Au`s.)#tri+an ver #`si on with 2,045 metres. Wher: .eas%;] we)]% originall\y presume(\d onl#]y a :negl*igi\/#ble differenc]]e, / res)** ulting @.fr_=om th/e v arying len)`)gth of the int# ertitl,es, a d! i,% rect comp#] ;arison has nevertheless!; sho#@ ==wn _ $that the Aus _+tri a :n versio)n differs from ++ the Ame?rica]!: n version bot_^h i# n the montage a. nd in the :+ du%r):$ation$ of ^individ.@*ual\ scenes. Yet how? c./ould it )happ; .en that_ the later reg ional distribu$-t i\ on of a canonic al US_ , silent^] film was long_/er th^an the "origin ,`al version&q(+uot? The prevalent Am?:e!rican ver#`^sion of Blind Husb; +an*ds does?) ) not @co;[r-resp)^ond to t@_(]h :e version shown at the (prem[;$ie#% re of 1919. This litt]? le!!@-kno wn f? act was alre`,ady pub =lish: e. d by Richa.@rd Kos +zar;*ski in 1983. /[The film was re-release +d ^ b;y(; Un: iv!ersal Pictu),-re$,s i =n 1924, ; #%in a ve* ,`rs ion that was 1,365 f ;eet* , (416 metres) shorter. A % :`t 18. fram+*:=/es p [;er se_cond,- this amoun__ts to a, t :^\ime difference of= _-`20 minutes! %:]&q`$uo tTitles were altered, snippets of action :[- remove=d and a=^t le%%ast one m ajor scene t=(@aken ou!t ?% en%ti.%rely, w^here von St euben a +nd Mar_garet -)visit a # s*ma)ll loc.al ch= !%ap^;]el."; ( ?K,oszar^#ski) F?$-[.rom t\]he pres/ent stat\;?e , of]) rese ][arch%#] we can? ass.=(:u!me that al+ [/l , / the known American copies of the] fi$lm derive f (-rom?% this ?sho rte%\ned@ # re$)-releas` e version, a co, py of whic(h Un_^$/ iversal ]*/d `o[na ted t-) o the M$(u \seum of Modern Art in 19 41+,:. According t_\o ,K] )oszarski th:e origi+/nal negative of the film ` was `]+d$`@estroy)ed some)=time b et$-wee%/n 195:6 a nd 1961 a nd:=^ has t!heref_$ ore been irretrievably *lost. Thi_,^s inform` a=$ tion cas[ t s an %@ intere stin( g. \[light` on the Aust[(rian version, which can be dated-] to the p;eriod b-(etween t-he s!.ummer of)- #1921 `_ and t %.he winter[[ of 192(=2. Further *mo::= re, -] t .he copy is \ )some 200 met.]res longer th (@an /[=!th+`e US vers]=io n of 1924. If one fo?, ;$llows th\$e details gi (=$ven by. Ric +hard Ko@s?zarski and(+? A rt ,`hur Lennig+, this: means that, a-;s far %(;#as both its - date ,(,and its -#l e;/ngth ^are concerned, the Austrian])^ %ver- sio*=n lies almost exac]: tl;::y \in ]_ the$[ [middle be tween the (los`t) ver : sion sh /own +at )t=:he premier.+e and +th]`e + re-r [eleased (?@one.: @A +large part of %[ the additional $ $len@gt)][h of the fil%m can be traced to cuts tha[:!t wer @e made to the 1924 version in almost every shot.:\/[ Koszarski desc(! ribes $^how the # beginning and th;e end )+*of sce n)+ es\@:, we @re tr:immed, in order to!`. "s+]peed up?$" th^e film. However, mo [$re exci%ting was the discovery that the Austrian version contains+ ; shots that are missing in# $ the`/) A) merican= one[ +(:- s,ho@ts/counte,#[rshots, in+ t$e*rtitles - and furthermore shows dif fere /+nc:,(es in it*#\s mo[*ntage (i.e. t?\] he placing ^=)of the in`+divi( d,%(ual shots /(wit,%*[hin a s#_eq@uence). All @ this ]- i%:\ndica^ t# e.:s^^ that ]Die #Rache de $ r Berg.-[e [ co-nstit %ut/es $the olde:+s-,/t and most co ]mpletely preserved m^ ateri[= al of the film.