OVERALL: Draw

Between the Belgian release and the R1 release from Barrel Entertainment, each for exclusive extras (do note that the US release has PAL-to-NTSC conversions of both versions).

Belgian release has some exclusive contextual material, including two short films by Kümel and two additional audio commentaries, but so does the release from Barrel Entertainment.

Please note that some of the extra features on the Belgian release, including the extra commentary tracks and one of the short films, are not English-friendly.

GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in two versions:
- the English/French version edited by Richard Marden without Harry Kümel's input (~104 minutes at 24fps/100 minutes at 25fps);
- Harry Kümel's director's cut (~125 minutes at 24fps/119 minutes at 25fps).

CUTS:

• R0 Belgium- Belgian Royal Filmarchive - No cuts - Contains both the director's cut (119:19 PAL) and the Cannes cut (99:38 PAL)
• R1 America- Barrel Entertainment - No cuts - Contains both the director's cut (119:19 PAL-to-NTSC) and the Cannes cut (99:38 PAL-to-NTSC)
• R2 Around the World with Orson Welles France- DVDY Films - No cuts - Cannes cut (99:37 PAL)

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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 01/01/09
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 31/08/25

UPDATE LOG:

01/05/19: Notes on US transfer.