Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes
History, Adventure, Drama • 1h 34m
Overview
A few decades after the destruction of the Inca Empire, a Spanish expedition led by the infamous Aguirre leaves the mountains of Peru and goes down the Amazon River in search of the lost city of El Dorado. When great difficulties arise, Aguirre’s men start to wonder whether their quest will lead them to prosperity or certain death.
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Helena Rojo, Del Negro, Ruy Guerra, Peter Berling, Cecilia Rivera, Daniel Ades, Edward Roland, Alexandra Cheves, Armando Polanah, Daniel Farfán, Julio E. Martínez, Alejandro Repullés, Claus Biederstaedt, Lothar Blumhagen, Heinz Theo Branding, Christian Brückner, Michael Chevalier, Norbert Gescher, Justo González, Uta Hallant, Manfred Lehmann, Antonio Marquez, Gerd Martienzen, Edgar Ott, Uwe Paulsen, Dieter Ranspach
Director: Frank Capra
Director: Frank Capra
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
France Rimini 4K Blu-ray see caps vs Artificial Eye Blu-ray
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti & Charles Crichton & Basil Dearden & Robert Hamer
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Otakar Vávra
Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray see nic review
Restored: Deaf Crocodile 4K Blu-ray
Unrestored: Czech PAL DVD
Preferences will vary, the restored track sounds good, but not necessarily faithful to the original elements.
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Robert Rossen
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Anthony Mann
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Basil Dearden
Indicator 4K Blu-ray. Excellent 4K master and encode, except for opticals grain is very fine, grading is beautifully silvery and luminous, nice HDR re-grade by Fidelity in Motion
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Jacques Becker
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Orson Welles
MoC 4K Blu-ray and Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray are similar
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: Jean Renoir
The Criterion 4K Blu-ray has marginally better detail and grain structure than ESC 4K Blu-ray
The ESC France 4K Blu-ray is an SDR grade erroneously presented in HDR, but if your player can force the HDR into SDR it looks very good.
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray or Germany Plaion 4K Blu-ray - subtle difference in encoding to the Criterion in encoding, trading blows in different shots, with Plaion taking a slight edge with less highlight blocking
1993 MGM LaserDisc/2000 Region 1 MGM DVD
Criterion's 2.0 sounds muffled due to noise reduction and EQ.
Plaion's 2.0 lacks bass and has a very bright EQ, more resembling the 5.1 remix. Plaion’s 2.0 doesn't have any filtering unlike the Criterion, see https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=23831289&postcount=110
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: David Lynch
Criterion 4K Blu-ray is closer to the original DVDs than the 2015 Criterion release, not sure about whether the StudioCanal 4K is like the Criterion 4K/original DVD
Criterion 4K Blu-ray has FEL Dolby Vision, StudioCanal 4K Blu-ray has MEL
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Jean Vigo
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
Director: Charlie Chaplin
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
1954 version: Criterion Blu-ray
Cut info: https://www.nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=31209
1936 version: Image Entertainment DVD
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray August
Director: Béla Tarr
Curzon 4K Blu-ray August
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Paramount 4K Blu-ray but poor encode, no alternatives though
Director: Robert Bresson
Director: Robert Bresson
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
Shout! Factory US vs BFI UK Herzog collection, no comparison
Director: Werner Herzog
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
Shout! Factory US vs BFI UK Herzog collection, no comparison
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany, no comparison
Shout! Factory vs BFI?
US Shout! Factory vs BFI vs StudioCanal Germany, no comparison
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray (BFI 4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled mess https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/s/ngw1BMYw5k) comparison: https://slow.pics/c/39MblTy5
Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray (BFI 4K Blu-ray is AI upscaled mess https://www.reddit.com/r/4kbluray/s/ngw1BMYw5k) comparison: https://slow.pics/c/39MblTy5
Director: Werner Herzog
Director: Werner Herzog
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Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout! Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K Blu-ray, and Shout! Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
3/17/2026
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray > BFI 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR and AI upscaling like their horrible 1979 Nosferatu 4K, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
2/22/2026
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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12/22/2025
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
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Shout UHD see caps vs BFI https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4?canvas-mode=fit-width
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Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray depending on preference, see caps https://slow.pics/c/nPcxCNW4
Some find BFI better but with more DNR, and Shout Factory has more over-exposed grading https://slow.pics/c/WQKmBTLJ
9/3/2025
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Shout UHD
8/30/2025
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12/15/2024
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2000 R2 Stonevision DVD
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2000 R2 Stonevision DVD Vinegar Syndrome Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray?
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2000 R2 Stonevision DVD Vinegar Syndrome Shout Factory 4K Blu-ray?
12/12/2024
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