OVERALL: Draw

The US/Canadian Unobstructed View releases feature "The Ultimate Cut" with 5.1 audio and the 1980 theatrical version with lossless original mono audio with some exclusive extras.
The Australian release has "The Ultimate Cut" with 5.1 audio and 4 other versions of the film with lengthy extras including some exclusive.
The US Image Entertainment release features the unrated version and pre-release version with lengthy extras and lossless 5.0 sound.
The German Tiberius Film release features the unrated version and pre-release version with some German exclusive commentaries and extras, but only the theatrical cut has lossless sound.


GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in a number of versions:
- the original X-rated theatrical cut (156 minutes);
- an R-rated version (105 minutes) with alternate angles for some scenes;
- the R-rated version (102 minutes) on the DVDs which is cut down from the X-rated version with repeated shots to fill in continuity gaps;
- the 1984 Italian version edited by Enzo Micarelli that ran 133 minutes before being cut down to 87 minutes and then back to 123 minutes after censor battle. This version featured the classical music selections but replaced Bruno Nicolai's original music with a new score by Renzo Rossellini;
- a pre-release version (152 minutes) reconstructed for the Imperial Edition DVD and Blu-ray that removed much of the hardcore material and moved around some scenes to the way they were intended by the director;
- as well as various local censor edits in different territories;
- "The Ultimate Cut" supervised by Thomas Negovan assembled from over ninety hours of negative material, adding animation and text panels as well as previously unseen shots, removing hardcore material, and restoring some of the original voices of the actors from production audio (178 minutes). Like the release cuts, this version does not have the approval of director Tinto Brass.

CUTS:

• Blu-ray A The Ultimate Cut America- Unobstructed View - No cuts. Includes 2 versions of the film:
  - 1980 theatrical version (149:20)
  - 2023 The Ultimate Cut (178:17)
• Blu-ray A The Ultimate Cut Canada- Unobstructed View - No cuts. Includes 2 versions of the film:
  - 1980 theatrical version (149:20)
  - 2023 The Ultimate Cut (178:17)
• Blu-ray ALL America- Image Entertainment - No cuts. Includes 2 versions of the film:
  -"Unrated" theatrical release version (155:55).
  -"Pre-Release version". "Never-before-seen" edit, that eliminates the Guccione footage, restructures to film to conform with the shooting script, and contains alternate Brass-filmed footage, different edit rhythms and previously unseen deleted material (152:52).
• Blu-ray ALL 4K + Blu-ray The Ultimate Cut Australia- Umbrella Entertainment - No cuts. Includes 5 versions of the film:
  - 2023 The Ultimate Cut (178:03)
  - Unrated Uncensored Cut (155:56)
  - The Pre-release Cut (153:01)
  - The Australian Cut (101:50)
  - "Io, Caligula" The Italian Cut (125:26)
• Blu-ray ALL United Kingdom- Arrow Films - No cuts - "Unrated" version (156:00)
• Blu-ray B Imperial Edition Austria- NSM Records - No cuts. Includes 2 versions of the film:
  -"Unrated" theatrical release version (155:59)
  -"Pre-Release version". "Never-before-seen" edit, that eliminates the Guccione footage, restructures to film to conform with the shooting script, and contains alternate Brass-filmed footage, different edit rhythms and previously unseen deleted material (153:10)
• Blu-ray B France- M6 Vidéo - No cuts "Unrated" theatrical release version (155:29).
• Blu-ray B Germany- Sunfilm - Yes - FSK-18 version with 20 minutes of cuts (134:08)
• Blu-ray B Limited 3 Blu-ray Special Edition Germany- Tiberius Film - No cuts. Includes 2 versions of the film:
  -"Unrated" theatrical release version (155:59)
  -"Pre-Release version". "Never-before-seen" edit, that eliminates the Guccione footage, restructures to film to conform with the shooting script, and contains alternate Brass-filmed footage, different edit rhythms and previously unseen deleted material (153:11)
• Blu-ray B The Ultimate Cut Spain- Divisa - No cuts - the new "ultimate cut" (177:51), see general notes.

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Comparison added by Noor_Razzak on 09/02/09
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 19/10/24

UPDATE LOG:

08/02/14 - added German, Austrian and UK releases
30/03/14 - Amended region on US release
24/11/15 - Added France release.
16/10/18: Added Germany Limited, DVDbeaver, capsaholic.
09/10/24: Added US UV, Canada UV.
19/10/24: Added Australia.