OVERALL: Draw

Director's Cut:
The US Criterion is currently the only release we have specs for.

Theatrical Cut:
- The Russian Lizard release has the original mono soundtrack and a 5.1 remix. But note that it is NOT English-friendly
- The identical French and UK releases have a fair selection of extras. Note it does not include the original mono track. The Finnish release has the same extras but only has a Finnish subtitle option.
- The Russian Cinema Council release has identical extras, audio, and subtitles to the French and UK releases but is a PAL to NTSC transfer.

Runtime
The DVDBeaver review includes this quote by Andrei Tarkovsky: "Nobody has ever cut anything from Andrei Rublov. Nobody except me. I made some cuts myself. In the first version the film was 3 hours 20 minutes long (192:00 PAL). In the second — 3 hours 15 minutes (187:12 PAL). I shortened the final version to 3 hours 6 minutes (178:34 PAL). I am convinced the latest version is the best, the most successful. And I only cut certain overly long scenes. The viewer doesn't even notice their absence. The cuts have in no way changed neither the subject matter nor what was for us important in the film. In other words, we removed overly long scenes which had no significance." (We've added the PAL equivalents in italics).

The three PAL DVD releases run at about 174:30, which is equivalent to about 182:00 NTSC, a few minutes shorter than the shortest version in the Tarkovsky quote.

To see ChiaroScuro's image comparison of the Criterion R0 and UK R0, click here.

CUTS:

• R0 Director's Cut America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - Original 1966 Premiere Version (205:48 NTSC)
• R0 Finland- Finnkino - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:42 PAL)
• R0 France- MK2 - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:33 PAL).
• R0 Russia- Lizard / Krypny Plan - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:36 PAL).
• R0 Russia- Russian Cinema Council - No cuts - Theatrical verion (174:24 PAL->NTSC).
• R0 Scandinavia- Take One - No cuts – theatrical version (175:12 PAL).
• R0 United Kingdom- Artificial Eye - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:24 PAL).
• R2 Denmark-Norway- Another World Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:56)
• R2 Germany- Icestorm Entertainment - No cuts - Theatrical version (174:06 PAL).

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Comparison added by Hans_Kristian_Senneseth on 15/12/02
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 30/06/23

UPDATE LOG:

06/05/16: Addition of Germany, ASINs, capsaholic.
30/08/17: Added Scandinavia.
30/06/23: Added Denmark Norway