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Antichrist (The) AKA L'Anticristo AKA The Tempter (Blu-ray) (1974)
Enemy of the Faith. Foe to the Human Race. Thief of Life. Inventor of all Obscenities. Satan, why do you stand and resist?Director: Alberto De Martino
Year of Copyright: 1974
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OVERALL: Draw
The Australian, U.K., and Italian editions each have exclusive extras.
GENERAL NOTES:
The film exists in a number of versions:
- Italian and export version (~112 minutes)
- Canadian theatrical version (~108 minutes)
- U.S. theatrical version/U.K. pre-cert VHS (~96 minutes)
- U.K. theatrical version (~112 minutes)
- U.K. 18 certificate version (~95 minutes) based on the U.S. version with 13 seconds of cuts to animal violence.
There are also two versions of the English dub track: one with profanity, (U.S. prints) and another with softened dialogue (Canadian prints).
The German theatrical version ran ~91 minutes while the Blu-ray is based on the 105 minute version that originally played on the Arte HD network in Italian with German subtitles. -
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Italian export version.
- Blu-ray A Canada- Kino Lorber - No cuts - Italian export version.
- Blu-ray ALL Limited Edition Australia- Via Vision - No cuts - export version (112:05)
- Blu-ray B Austria- filmArt/ILLUSIONS UNLTD. films/Media Target - Yes - Includes the German version (109:58) and the so-called international version (110:29) that is still missing footage present in the SD NTSC master from which material has been inserted here to augment the German master.
- Blu-ray B Limited Edition Germany- filmArt/ILLUSIONS UNLTD. films/Media Target - Yes - Includes the German version (109:58) and the so-called international version (110:29) that is still missing footage present in the SD NTSC master from which material has been inserted here to augment the German master.
- Blu-ray B Italy- Cinemuseum - No cuts - Italian export version (111:33)
- Blu-ray B Bibel-Edition Switzerland- Elektrocity - Yes, includes the German version (109:58) and the so-called international version (110:29) that is still missing footage present in the SD NTSC master from which material has been inserted here to augment the German master.
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Studio Canal - No cuts - Italian export version (112:04)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 30/08/19
Comparison last updated by Eric_Cotenas on 03/12/24UPDATE LOG:
15/04/20: version notes.
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13/03/22: Added US.
08/10/23: Added UK.
31/10/23: Added Italy.
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