OVERALL: Draw

Between the Kino R1 and Eureka R0 UK, for good transfers plus a few extras.

To see ChiaroScuro's comparison of the Elite R0 and Eureka R0 editions, click here.

GENERAL NOTES:
The film was shot from two angles with the best shots making up "Negative A" meant for the domestic German version and the others for "Negative B" meant for export. The American version of the film did not use the export negative but recut the German version and added English intertitles.

There are no extant prints of the domestic German version and Negative A was thought lost when the Cineteca del Comune di Bologna restored the film in 1995 using the American verison and Negative B. Negative A was discovered at the Belgium archive and was the basis for the 2018 Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation restoration which utilized the American version for shots missing from Negative A as well as some material from Negative B while an Italian release print was utilized for grading.

CUTS:

• R0 German Silent Masterworks Collection America- Ventura Distribution / Slingshot Entertainment - No cuts
• R0 Masterworks of the German Horror Cinema America- Elite Entertainment / The National Film Museum - No cuts (67:45 NTSC)
• R0 United Kingdom- Eureka - No Cuts - 1995 restoration (84:52 PAL)
• R1 German Horror Classics America- Kino Video - No cuts (85:02 NTSC)
• R2 A Great Classic France- KVP - No cuts (68:18 NTSC > PAL)
• R2 United Kingdom- Dark Vision - No cuts (68:18 NTSC > PAL)

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Comparison added by The Rewind Team on 05/11/02
Comparison last updated by Rick_Curzon on 07/04/20

UPDATE LOG:

05/11/02: Initial entry.
07/04/20: Added Amazon links.