The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Adventure, Romance, Action • 1h 34m
Overview
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless fop, while on the other, he is the masked avenger Zorro.
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, George Regas, Chris-Pin Martin, Robert Lowery, Belle Mitchell, John Bleifer, Frank Puglia, Pedro de Cordoba, Guy D'Ennery, Eugene Borden, Stanley Andrews, Fortunio Bonanova, Ralph Byrd, Robert Cauterio, Bob Cautiero, Robert Conway, Gino Corrado, Franco Corsaro, Andre Cuyas, Jean Del Val, Joseph DeVillard, Art Dupuis, William Edmunds, George Ghermanoff, Victor Kilian, Fred Malatesta, Francisco Marán, Francisco Moreno, Ted North, Hector V. Sarno, George Sorel, Charles Stevens, Rafael Alcayde, Paul Sutton, Lucio Villegas, Harry Worth, Frank Yaconelli, Ed Agresti, Brandon Beach, Alfredo Berumen, George Blagoi, George Bruggeman, Herman Hack, Carl M. Leviness, Victor Romito
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: Alfred E. Green
Director: John Waters
Director: John Waters
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Nicholas Ray
Director: Peter Weir
Director: Peter Weir
Director: Bob Clark
Director: Bob Clark
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Director: Ridley Scott
Capelight 4K Blu-ray has better encode than Criterion 4K Blu-ray
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: Michael Curtiz
Director: Michael Curtiz
Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan
Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan
Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan
Warner Archive Blu-ray, 4k scan
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Kino Lorber US vs Indicator UK Blu-ray , both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Kino Lorber US vs Indicator UK Blu-ray , both 4k master but Kino Lorber has way more contrast (is it as intended?) also different AR http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_131/love_me_tonight_blu-ray.htm
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Blu-ray but no comparison available
Germany Blu-ray lacks English subtitles. Kino Lorber Blu-ray has English subtitles but is OOP
Director: John Ford
Director: John Ford
Director: John Woo
Director: John Woo
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Howard Deutch
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray vs Kino Lorber Blu-ray, but the compression on the 4K is bad.
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: Bryan Gordon
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: John Waters
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray has poor encoding see caps but still a huge improvement over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Kino Lorber 4K Blu-ray Both the 2.0 and 5.1 tracks are improvements over the 2014 Universal Blu-ray
Theatrical cut is on the 4K disc, but the restored Director's Cut is only on the Blu-Ray disc. Director's Cut utilizes the same 4K transfer as the theatrical cut for 86 minutes, but the 6 minutes of restored footage could only be salvaged from a standard definition source and are thus needed to be upscaled.
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
MoC OOP Blu-ray is likely to have better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray judging from other movies in the boxset
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4/23/2026
Best Video Release
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Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from quicktime gamma bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
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Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
From
Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from quicktime gamma bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
To
Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from Quicktime Gamma Bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
4/19/2026
Format
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1080p Blu-ray
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1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly Release
Best Video Release
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Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from quicktime gamma bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
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Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray
Kino Lorber Blu-ray not only suffers from quicktime gamma bug, but also has slightly worse encoding see caps comparing 0.88 gamma
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