The Great Silence Klaus Kinski

(aka "The Great Silence" or "Leichen pflastern seinen Weg")

On an unforgiving, snow swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski Nosferatu, For a Few Dollars More) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant The Conformist) stands between the innocent refuges and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren't always clear and good doesn't always triumph. Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci's (Django) bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made.

directed by Sergio Corbucci
Italy / France 1968

Theatrical Release: February 10th 1969 (Sweden)

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DVD Comparison:

Fantoma - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Kinowelt - Region 2 - PAL

Big thanks to Mikkel Svendstrup of DVDsnak.homepage.dk for all the Screen Caps!

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Distribution	Fantoma Region 0 - NTSC	Kinowelt Region 2 - PAL
Runtime	1:45:20	1.40.27 (4 % PAL speedup)
Video	1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.36 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5,56 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Fantoma
Bitrate: Kinowelt
Audio	Mono 1.0, English Dub	Mono 1.0, Original Italian, German Dub
Subtitles	None	German, none
Features	Release Information: Studio: Fantoma Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1.66:1 Edition Details: • Video Introduction by Alex Cox • Liner Notes by Alex Cox • Alternate happy ending with optional commentary by Alex Cox • Uncensored Director's Cut • Theatrical Trailer DVD Release Date: January 27, 2004 Keep Case Chapters 18	Release Information: Studio: Kinowelt Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1.66:1 Edition Details: • Theatrical Trailer • Interview with Klaus Kinski (1971) • Alternate happy ending • Uncensored Director's Cut • Trailers DVD Release Date: 25.09.2001 Keep Case Chapters 20

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The image on the Fantoma disc is much sharper, the Kinowelt is hazy. But if you read German, the Kinowelt edition is preferable because of the original Italian mono track. The Fantoma offers a horrible English dub. Fans might want both versions for the extras on the Kinowelt.

- Mikkel Svendstrup

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Region 0 - NTSC

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Region 2 - PAL