Product Details

• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bfs Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Run Time: 124 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000ECX0BU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #268,307 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

An Extraordinary Mystery of Secrets & Treasure

In countryside full of medieval castles and ancient ruins, all the elements of a fabulous tale are linked to Rennes-le-Château, a charming little village in southern France. Whispers of hidden treasure and legends of the Knights Templar and the Holy Grail have persisted here for centuries.

Posted to the old Roman church at Rennes-le-Château in 1885, French priest Bérenger Saunière made a mysterious discovery that suddenly enabled him to spend millions! Never revealing the source of his unexpected wealth, the secret of what Saunière found leads to an enthralling journey from the present to antiquity. Guided by researchers using old maps, coded parchments, curious paintings, tombs and cryptic messages, we discover a mystifying real-life story so full of controversy that the implications could change all of history as we know it!

Special Features: The Village of Rennes-le-Château with Interactive Map / The Historical Figures of the Mystery / Documentation of Saunière’s Trial / Church Clues to the Holy Grail

approx. 124 mins. col.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars different perspective, June 29, 2006

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M. Souliere (massachusetts) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Da Vinci Code: Where It All Began (DVD)

This DVD is not only visually pleasant but it is more informative than most of the other DVDs out there concerning the area of Rennes le Chateau. It is given from a French perspective by French historians and writers from southern France. It is a departure from Henry Lincolns hypothisis (which still has merit) and it dwells on the main character, Father Sauniere and a strange murder of Father Gelis a priest who lived only three miles from Sauniere and of course, a secret. Taken with Henry Lincolns video, it gives one a much broader picture of the mystery....and more questions. Which for me, is wonderful. I love a good mystery and this one is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. I loved it. I watch it often. There always seems to be some snipets of information that I missed. I recomend it to anyone with an open mind about Christianity and perhaps, human origins.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Extras Make it Worthwhile, December 13, 2007

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Louis J. Sheehan "Louis J. Sheehan, Esquire" (Harrisburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Da Vinci Code: Where It All Began (DVD)

Until I scoured the extras, my reaction was that this was 'over the top.' There were some interesting extra details about Father Sauniere, but there were so many other suggested possible clues -- to what? -- that it was absurd. However, in addition to more details about Father Saumiere, there is a cd-rom with pictures and a halting translation of some of the paperwork associated with Father Sauniere's troubles with the bishopric. -- Louis J Sheehan

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The Da Vinci Code, December 30, 2006

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K. Hoang "howsimple" (California, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Da Vinci Code: Where It All Began (DVD)

The narrator speaks about a priest and his treasures but was sometimes hard to understand. It keeps going on and on about hidden treasures and secrets. I was not sure want the point was because it wasn't clear from the beginning. I bought another video about the Da Vinci Code and it was a lot clearer from the very beginning.