MoC or US Flicker Alley (unsure)

- MoC included in boxset
- Germany new 2k restoration, no subs
- US Flicker Alley not sure which restoration

Germany Capelight Blu-ray

While there are no screen cap comparisons, Germany Capelight Blu-ray has more versions than Universal:

From BR forum:
The original film is 155 min but in the Universal restoration, only 133min was available (survived), and for Capelight it has

• Germany 1930 dub (103 mins)

• Germany 1952 dub (127 mins)

• International version (133 mins)

• New extended version (141 mins) with never before released footage from one of the Germany versions (+ 8 mins)

• Germany TV versions in SD (tinted, silent)

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

All very old restoration, but Kino Lorber > Germany Universum > MoC. Kino Lorber Germany Blu-ray has more noise reduction while English version's noise reduction is kept at minimum. MoC has very week encoding and crushed blacks.

Sources:

• Duane Dibbley on BR

• caps-a-holic on MoC vs Germany

• DVDBeaver on Kino Lorber vs MoC

2001 Kino Lorber DVD or 2003 Eureka DVD

Fox Blu-ray

US Fox Blu-ray > France Blu-ray see DVDBeaver review, no comparison available with Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray, 4k restoration. Superior to Germany Kinowelt or Japan Kadokawa, see caps-a-holic

2000 Image Entertainment DVD

Germany Universum Blu-ray

Germany Universum is the newer 80th Anniversary resto https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/m-1931-fritz-lang-80th-anniversary-restoration.300983/

Germany Universum Blu-ray

MoC 4K Blu-ray

MoC 4K Blu-ray. Here are some screenshots that include the Cohen Blu-ray and the poor Germany 4K with terrible fake HDR. David’s DV grade is way more subtle and doesn’t blow out the highlights

MoC Blu-ray

Britain MoC Blu-ray > Germany Wicked Blu-ray > US Flicker Alley Blu-ray see DVDBeaver caps

MoC Blu-ray offers both restored and an unrestored tracks

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

US Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Germany Koch Media PAL DVD has exclusive extras

Germany Filmjuwelen Blu-ray is AI upscaled https://ibb.co/album/mCJ7RQ

Neither Criterion Blu-ray or Germany Plaion Blu-ray are great see caps

• While they are different transfers and the Criterion one is a 4K restoration, it's very soft and has some dark crushes.

• The Plaion Blu-ray is sharpened and is slightly more zoomed in

Germany Plaion Blu-ray

Germany Plaion Blu-ray > US Twilight Time Blu-ray see caps

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray

Germany Plaion Media Blu-ray is marginally better than Kino Lorber which suffers a little dark crush: https://slow.pics/c/BME05Jlw

Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray

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

Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray

Criterion Blu-ray and Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray are similar

Germany Kinowelt Blu-ray. Kadokawa/MK2/Park Circus/Artificial Eye probably even better

Germany Anolis Blu-ray

Germany Anolis Blu-ray

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Kino Lorber Blu-ray is a newer 4K restoration, and better than the older restoration used by Britain MoC , France Elephant Films, or Germany Explosive Media Blu-ray see caps

Kino Lorber vs France Carlotta vs Germany Blu-ray ?

Kino Lorber US, and other Germany and France Blu-ray

Britain MoC Blu-ray

Britain MoC Blu-ray has better encoding than Kino Lorber Blu-ray or Germany Universum Blu-ray see caps

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Kino Lorber Blu-ray, Indicator has wrong brightness, and Germany HanseSound is an AI massacre