INVINCIBLE - LE

(Werner Herzog, 2001)
Release date: 26 July 2021 (OOP date: 2 January 2023)
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK Blu-ray premiere) 

Invincible was the first dramatic work by Werner Herzog in a decade. He assembled a typically eclectic cast – including Tim Roth (Meantime), Udo Kier (Exposé) and two-time World’s Strongest Man Jouko Ahola – and blended the lives of three equally eclectic real-life figures – Jewish strongman Zishe Breitbart, Austrian clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen, and German chief of police Count Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff – to blend fact and fiction in his typically idiosyncratic way. This Indicator Blu-ray edition presents the film in a new 2K restoration with both its English and German soundtracks.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• 2K restoration
  
• Original English 5.1 surround sound and 2.0 stereo audio tracks
  
• Original German 5.1 surround sound track
  
• Audio commentary with writer-director Werner Herzog, in German with optional, newly translated English subtitles (2002)
  
• The Road to ‘Invincible’ (2021, 27 mins): cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger discusses his long-time collaboration with Herzog and the making of Invincible
  
• Archival Interview with Peter Zeitlinger (2001, 13 mins): the cinematographer filmed on location by stills photographer Beat Presser
  
• Location Footage (2001, 3 mins): previously unseen footage recorded by Presser
  
• Three early short films by Zeitlinger: Katharina Blum (1978, 2 mins), Experiment Rayner’s Garden (1978, 2 mins) and Geburtstag (1979, 8 mins)
  
• Original UK theatrical trailer
  
• Original German theatrical trailer
  
• Original US theatrical trailer
  
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
  
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  
• Newly translated English subtitles for the German audio track
  
• Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Jason Wood, Werner Herzog on Invincible, an archival interview with actor Tim Roth, an account of the life and career of strongman Siegmund Breitbart, an overview of contemporary critical responses, Peter Zeitlinger on his early short films, and film credits
  
• UK premiere on Blu-ray
  
• Limited edition of 3,000 copies

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BBFC cert: 12
REGION B
EAN: 5037899071786