Karl May 4-Winnetou Movies Boxset [DVD]

its a good job i purchased it second hand cheep. only Winnetou 1 and 2 are dubbed English, Winnetou 3 and 4 are in German and there's no English subtitles. so i can only watch 1,2 pity because they are great action westerns.and picture quality excellent.

A gift and the recipient was over the moon with this.

It's these wonderful Yugoslav (of course that country is all history now) locations and Martin Böttcher's musical score that make these Karl May films so iconic and set them apart from any other western, Hollywood or spaghetti! (director Harald Reinl even returned to Plitvice National Park for another shoot ("Die blutigen Geier von Alaska", 1973; film: 3/10) failing to recreate the original magic though)Film: 7/10Picture quality: 8,5/10Aspect ratio: 2,35:1 (orig.)Audio: D; GBST: D; GB o/-RC: B (A;C?)Bonus: Flip-covers; Making-ofs; Interviews (e.g. Harald Reinl, archive); unseen footage; text infos etc.Studio: Tobis/UniversumBlu-ray looks fairly good with very few exceptions (acc. to bonus-info for these shots no original film negatives were available; ca. 3-4 per movie). Colours (red, blue, yellow) are too vibrant at times, but maybe that's true to the original releases shown in cinemas?PS: If you're not happy with your home theatre's performance, there might be another reason: Unfortunately many manufacturers' tv-presets are faulty (...what a waste of machinery!). To optimize your Full HD monitor, no easy task with today's complex high tech flat tvs (-> color gamut, gamma, white balance etc), you might like to check out this website:"hdtvtest.co.uk"It will provide you with expert tests+reviews and settings that can make the best of your tv set and help reduce power consumption too!- Simply go to: "all reviews",- select your tv- go to "settings"/"calibration"- adjust your flat tv- done!