Disc Size: 41,949,689,737 bytes

Feature: 24,200,252,352 bytes

Video Bitrate: 34.95 Mbps

• DVD included!

Blu-ray Release Date: November 3rd, 2015
Transparent Blu-ray case

Chapters: 13

ADDITION: Arrow - Region 'B' - Blu-ray November 15': This is the another Arrow Blu-ray release that is being simultaneously released in both region 'A' (US) and 'B' (UK). It is the exact same package on both sides of the pond to the best of our knowledge.

The Arrow 1080P transfer dramatically advances over the non-anamorphic SD from 1999. The UK BD is in the 1.78:1 aspect ratio. The visuals are tight with a pleasing sheen of, even, grain. It is rendered with a max'ed out bitrate. I can't speak to the colors but skin tones are far more realistic and this looks to me like a perfect representation cited as "New high definition digital transfer prepared by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation": - consistent, clean showcasing depth and detail. It looks excellent in-motion.

Arrow use a linear PCM 2.0 channel in the original German at 2304 kbps (24-bit). It sounds excellent although dialogue does seem to have sync lags (not direct sound - as mentioned in the commentary). Effects are minimal but the subtle score by Peer Raben (Fassbinder's Despair, Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Marriage of Maria Braun, In a Year with 13 Moons) accentuates the mood and sounds strong in uncompressed. There are optional English subtitles (on the Anchor Bay DVD the yellow subtitles cannot be removed) on the region 'A' + 'B' Blu-ray disc.

I never owned the Anchor Bay but I believe that this is a new audio commentary by director Ulli Lommel, moderated by Uwe Huber as Arrow is referenced early. It's informative and flows well. I enjoyed listening and appreciated when he speaks about Fritz Lang or is frank about Hitler and how he could have been stopped much earlier. The film itself offers a short introduction by Lommel. The Tender Wolf, is a newly-filmed 25-minute interview with Lommel who recollects Tenderness of the Wolves and its reception. The interview was conducted on July 2nd, 2015. Photographing Fritz, a a new 25-minute interview with director of photography Jürgen Jürges who discusses his memories of working on Tenderness of Wolves, the problems faced on set and the love-hate relationship of Kurt Raab and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It was also conducted in July of 2015. Haarmann's Victim Talks, is another new interview - this time running 16-minutes with actor Rainer Will who recalls working with Kurt Rabb, Ulli Lommel and Fassbinder as a 17-year old. We also get an intelligent appreciation by Stephen Thrower, author of Nightmare USA and Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús Franco running over 40-minutes. There is a stills gallery, theatrical trailer and the package has a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by the Twins of Evil and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Tony Rayns, editor of the first English-language book on Rainer Werner Fassbinder. It is dual-format and includes a DVD.

Another exceptional job by Arrow, bringing this unusually compelling crime expose to Blu-ray in a stacked package for both regions! Wow - horrifying, shocking and... polarizing. Highly recommended!