[In progress] Barry Lyndon - German Version

[TheHutt]

A little bit on what the final version is going to have:

- Picture transfer from Criterion (including original '73 Warner logo)
- German intro/end credits as well as German intertitles
- German mono (sourced from VHS)
- English mono (Criterion)
- English + German subtitles

[TheHutt]

More of the end credits.

Just to clarify: they are not reset entirely, but only the parts that need to be translated. Looks rather seamless to me.

[TheHutt]

The fascinating thing about the credits is, that back then, all those nifty movie job titles, "Gaffer", "Grip" and so on, actually had German translations.
It's been lost by approximately the beginning of the 80s (when they stopped* translating the entire credit sequences in Germany, and just stuck to the title). 

By FMJ, even Kubrick stopped translating the credits.




* few exceptions did remain, for example, Bernd Eichinger-produced European co-productions, or some 80s movies by FOX.

[TheHutt]

The VHS mono audio was in a better quality than expected (though far from hifi). However, there are several serious asynchronization on the track. Also, it has some audio dropouts which are most notable during narration (pieces of audio are just missing).

After some tweaking, I seem to have found the parameters for dynamic compression and equalization in order to fill those things with a fold-down of the German BluRay dub so that the difference in quality is not very notable.

Here is an example.
https://sndup.net/7xt5

[madmax87]

That's really amazing work!! 
I would happily see the end result and if you need another copy of the German VHS audio I can make it, just have to find the tape.   
All Bond movies until Moonraker had those full German titles and end credits too. I have some TV recordings and would love to see them restored in HD.

[TheHutt]

Everything is fine, thanks! I was able to fill up the missing places with BluRay audio and decrease its quality just enough to make them of similar quality.
Also, if the damage is in the master from which the VHS was struck from, these errors should be on any copy of it.

All Bond movies until Moonraker had those full German titles and end credits too. I have some TV recordings and would love to see them restored in HD.

As a matter of fact, German TV stations regularly air the Bond movies with the localized credits, which are actually restored in HD.

[madmax87]

Unfortunately the public TV stations ARD/ZDF who did sent the German titles an end credits don't have the rights for the series any more and I didn't record all. It's on private TV stations (RTL) for some years and they show the unlocalized Blu-ray masters same as on PayTV "Sky Cinema 007" all official and inofficial Bond movies and documentary features on air 24/7 until New Year. Austrias public TV station ORF also showed the localized ARD/ZDF HDTV masters, but I can't receive there programs anymore from Germany. They encrypted some years ago and CI cards are only avaible for Austrian citizens!   
If you have recordings of any German localized Bonds please send me PM.

[TheHutt]

More progress on the titles:

[TheHutt]

Released.