"La Dolce Vita" R2 Italian vs R2 German

(aka 'La Douceur de vivre' France)

directed by Federico Fellini

Italy 1960

"Profound and poignant work by the great Federico Fellini, perhaps at his peek as a director. Sobering details of life are explored including fame, selfishness and religious conviction. Powerful and timeless 'La Dolce Vita' is a classic film that will be reviewed and discussed for many years."

Gary W. Tooze

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Medusa (Italy) Region 2 - PAL vs. Universum Film (German) Region 2 - PAL

Big thanks to Ole of DVDBasen for the Medusa Screen Captures and Markus Mathis for the German screen caps!

(Medusa - Region 2 - PAL - LEFT vs. Universum Film - Region 2 - PAL - RIGHT)

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Distribution	Medusa Region 2 - PAL	Universum Region 2 - PAL
Runtime	2:47:01	2:46:40
Video	2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate:6.40 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s	2.30:1 Slightly croped 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 5.75 PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
Bitrate: Medusa NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate: Universum
Audio	Italian (DD 1.0 mono)	Italian (DD 1.0 mono), DUB: German (DD 1.0 mono)
Subtitles	Italian, English, None	Italian, German, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Medusa (Italy) - Region 2 Theatrical Release Date: February 3rd, 1960 - Italy Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35:1 (Totalscope). Subtitles: Italian and English (NOTE: English language in the movie is not subtitled). Extras (Disc 2): Cinema Forever (1980) (7:36) (English subtitles) Caleidoscopio (1:08) (No Eng subtitles). Presentazione di Maurizio Porre (5:42) (No Eng subtitles): I ritratti di Enzo Biagi: Federico Felini (1982) (43:09) (No Eng subtitles): 24 pages booklet (In Italian). Two Discs DVD Release Date: February 2003 Keep Case Chapters: 24	Release Information: Studio: Universum Film ( Germany ) Theatrical Release Date: February 3rd, 1960 - Italy Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.30:1 Photo gallery from the set. Promotional pictures of the movie. Several sides of text including Biography and Filmography of the main actors and the director. Trailer for Fellini's "la citta delle donne". DVD Release Date: November 18th, 2002 Keep Case Chapters 24
Comments:	Firstly I own neither of these releases and relied on two good friends of DVDBeaver for the captures. Thanks Ole and Markus. The Italian Medusa DVD is far superior. It has almost perfect contrast where as the Universum (German) release has noticeable edge enhancement (hair in the first and third captures are obvious signs). The Universum release also has contrast boosting (see capture #2). The Medusa disc is sharper and has a whole second disc of Extras. The BIG plus for me is that the Italian release has English subtitles where as the German Universum does not. Ohhh yeah, the German release is slightly cropped. Case closed. Medusa all the way. - Gary W. Tooze