Version name
Look for words such as theatrical, preview, re-edit, reconstruction, or restoration.
A practical evidence guide
Why does the same classic film have different runtimes?
Two reliable listings can show different runtimes without either being wrong. You may be looking at a shorter re-edit, a reconstruction with recovered footage, the same silent film projected at a different speed, or two catalogues that measure and round a presentation differently.
- Source-linked records
- 287
- Films represented
- 251
- Films with different recorded lengths
- 25
- Last evidence check
- 7 September 2026
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Check four things before calling it a different cut
Region and date
A film may have been shortened, retitled, or reassembled for another market or later release.
Projection speed
For silent films, the same footage can take noticeably longer at a slower frame rate.
Who measured it
A catalogue, disc, screening, and streaming page may round or time a presentation differently.
Featured comparisons
When the number changes—and when the film does not
These examples show why the cause matters more than the size of the difference. Follow any runtime to the record and source behind it.
1954 · 16-minute spread
Godzilla
81 / 96 / 97 minutes
Is the 81-minute film the same as the Japanese original?
No. The 81-minute record belongs to the 1956 American re-edit. The 96- and 97-minute Japanese listings, however, include a rounded product-page figure and should not automatically be counted as separate cuts.
1925 · 16-minute spread
The Gold Rush
72 / 88 minutes
Why does one version talk and another remain silent?
Chaplin’s 72-minute 1942 re-edit replaced intertitles with his narration and changed the film. The 88-minute 2025 restoration returns to the silent-version lineage; it is a restoration, not a newly invented third cut.
1949 · 11-minute spread
The Third Man
93 / 104 minutes
Can a regional release really remove eleven minutes?
Yes. The British presentation is listed at 104 minutes, while AFI identifies the 93-minute American release as a Selznick re-edit. Here the numbers point to an editorial difference documented by the sources.
1958 · 15-minute spread
Touch of Evil
95 / 109 / 110 minutes
Which one is the director’s cut?
None should be sold to you under that simple label. The records distinguish a 95-minute theatrical version, a longer preview version, and a 1998 reconstruction made from Welles’s memo after his death.
1927 · 3-minute spread
Metropolis
150 / 153 minutes
Does 153 minutes mean a more complete surviving print?
No. The 150-minute figure belongs to the 2010 restoration. The 153-minute figure is a historical estimate for the 1927 Berlin premiere version, not a complete print you can simply choose today.
1955 · 5-minute spread
Pather Panchali
121 / 125 / 126 minutes
Can three trusted listings disagree without proving three cuts?
Yes. BFI, BFI Player, and Criterion list 121, 126, and 125 minutes. The current evidence documents the listings, but it does not establish three narratively different edits.
1922 · 31-minute spread
Nosferatu
64 / 70 / 95 minutes
Which differences matter most?
The 1930 sound re-edit is genuinely different from the 1922 film. A 64-minute examined record and the 95-minute restoration need more care, while 94-, 95-, and 97-minute listings for the same restoration lineage may be measurement or edition differences.
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Films with more than one sourced runtime
A difference of one minute may be rounding. A longer runtime may reflect projection speed. Use the labels and sources before drawing a conclusion.
1958
Ashes and Diamonds
102 / 103 / 104 min
1948
Bicycle Thieves
89 / 96 min
1942
Casablanca
102 / 103 min
1931
City Lights
86 / 87 min
1964
Dr. Strangelove
91 / 95 min
1954
Godzilla
81 / 96 / 97 min
1962
Ivan's Childhood
95 / 96 min
1927
Metropolis
150 / 153 min
1950
Night and the City
95 / 101 min
1922
Nosferatu
64 / 70 / 95 min
1955
Ordet
120 / 126 min
1955
Pather Panchali
121 / 125 / 126 min
1966
Persona
81 / 83 / 85 min
177 / 179 min
1954
Seven Samurai
206 / 207 min
1959
Some Like It Hot
120 / 121 min
55 / 77 min
1926
The General
78 / 79 / 90 min
1925
The Gold Rush
72 / 88 min
92 / 93 min
1957
The Seventh Seal
96 / 97 min
1949
The Third Man
93 / 104 min
1953
The Wages of Fear
152 / 153 min
1958
Touch of Evil
95 / 109 / 110 min
1953
Ugetsu
96 / 97 min
What is included
A runtime only appears when its source can be followed
The index uses Version-level records marked high-confidence and verified. Every published row resolves to at least one named source, citation, public URL, and checked date. Wikidata-only rows, unresolved legacy runtimes, low-confidence records, and review-pending candidates are excluded.
Identified version means the verified Film record names a release, re-edit, restoration, or other specific version. Source presentation record means a source documents a listing or presentation, but the evidence does not establish a distinct cut.
A longer runtime is not automatically more complete. A different number is not automatically a different edit.
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Criterion records its 4K restoration at 96 minutes.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — 12 Angry Men (1957) Criterion identifies the 1957 US film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, and a 96-minute 4K restoration.
70 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 70-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — 13 Washington Square American Film Institute film information checked for the named 70-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
138 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- Criterion Collection — 8½ (1963) Criterion Collection — 8½ (1963)
The LOC National Film Registry description identifies this film as 14 minutes. No restoration, score, frame rate, or exact source element is inferred.
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- Library of Congress National Film Registry — A Corner in Wheat LOC Registry description checked for director, historical context and the 14-minute presentation record.
101 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — A Man Escaped (1956) The Criterion Collection — A Man Escaped (1956)
86 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — A Story of Floating Weeds Criterion film information checked for the named 86-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI Player identifies this specific presentation as 11 minutes, French, 1902, with no dialogue and English subtitles. It is not a universal runtime for every monochrome, tinted, or hand-coloured circulation copy.
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- BFI Player — A Trip to the Moon BFI Player film record checked for title, year, director, country, genre, language and the 11-minute presentation.
111 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Ace in the Hole Criterion film information checked for the named 111-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
80 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. Historical screenings and editions vary substantially in speed and length; 80 minutes applies only to the named MoMA English-intertitle screening.
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- The Museum of Modern Art — Imagining the Future programme The Museum of Modern Art — Imagining the Future programme checked for the named 80-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
112 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Alexander Nevsky Criterion film information checked for the named 112-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion identifies its black-and-white, English-language United States presentation as 138 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — All About Eve Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
152 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. Sound, silent and reissue forms circulate; 152 minutes is attached only to the named AFI full-length record.
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- AFI Catalog — All Quiet on the Western Front AFI Catalog — All Quiet on the Western Front checked for the named 152-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
110 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Aparajito The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 110-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
FINA records this presentation at 102 minutes.
- Region
- PL
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- Filmoteka Narodowa — Popiół i diament (1958) FINA identifies the Polish title, 1958 film, Andrzej Wajda, Poland, and a 102-minute duration.
Criterion records its restored edition at 103 minutes.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — Ashes and Diamonds (1958) Criterion identifies the 1958 Polish film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, and its 103-minute 4K restoration.
BFI records this presentation at 104 minutes.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Ashes and Diamonds (1958) BFI independently identifies the 1958 Polish film, Andrzej Wajda, principal cast and writers, and a 104-minute presentation.
89 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Ballad of a Soldier The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 89-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI identifies this presentation as 73 minutes. Other institutional releases list different timings; those are not collapsed into this Version.
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- British Film Institute — Battleship Potemkin release BFI release record checked for the named 73-minute presentation.
Criterion identifies this French, black-and-white presentation as 93 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Beauty and the Beast Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
139 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 139-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ British Film Institute film information checked for the named 139-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion records its 4K restoration at 89 minutes.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — Bicycle Thieves (1948) Criterion identifies the 1948 Italian film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, and an 89-minute 4K restoration.
BFI records a 96-minute presentation, kept distinct from Criterion’s 89-minute restoration.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Bicycle Thieves (1948) BFI independently identifies the film, De Sica, principal cast and writers, and a 96-minute presentation.
59 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Black Girl Criterion film information checked for the named 59-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
118 minutes is attached only to the named Mr Bongo restored presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Mr Bongo — Black God, White Devil Mr Bongo film information checked for the named 118-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
85 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. The named edition also contains a 76-minute silent version; 85 minutes applies only to its sound version.
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- Kino Lorber — Blackmail Special Edition Kino Lorber — Blackmail Special Edition checked for the named 85-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
93 minutes is attached only to the named BFI edition 93-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Body and Soul British Film Institute film information checked for the named 93-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion and BFI both record a 90-minute 4K restoration presentation.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Breathless 60th Anniversary 4K edition BFI independently identifies the 1960 French film, Godard, principal cast, black-and-white format, and a 90-minute StudioCanal 4K restoration.
- Criterion Collection — Breathless (1960) Criterion identifies the 1960 French film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, and a 90-minute 4K restoration.
86 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI — Brief Encounter (1945) BFI — Brief Encounter (1945)
75 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 75-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Broken Blossoms American Film Institute film information checked for the named 75-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
180 minutes is attached only to the named Cannes restored presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Festival de Cannes — Cabiria Festival de Cannes film information checked for the named 180-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
76 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Cairo Station The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 76-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI records a 102-minute presentation.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Casablanca (1942) BFI identifies the 1942 US production, Michael Curtiz, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, and a 102-minute presentation.
AFI records a 103-minute running time and the 26 November 1942 New York opening.
- Region
- US
- Release
- 1942-11-26
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- AFI Catalog — Casablanca (1942) AFI independently records the film, principal credits, black-and-white format, 103-minute running time, and 26 November 1942 New York opening.
73 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Cat People Criterion film information checked for the named 73-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
105 minutes is attached only to the named BFI National Archive restoration presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Champagne British Film Institute film information checked for the named 105-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
119 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Charulata The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 119-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion identifies the Pathé restoration presented in its edition as 190 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Children of Paradise Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this restored presentation.
124 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 124-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Cimarron American Film Institute film information checked for the named 124-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
7 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 7-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Cinderella American Film Institute film information checked for the named 7-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Current Criterion presentation with the original monaural soundtrack.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English
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- The Criterion Collection Criterion Collection — Citizen Kane (1941)
AFI records a 10,734-foot final version after a longer 11,041-foot complete print was shortened before release.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English
- Release
- 1941-05-01
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — Citizen Kane (1941)
The listed runtime applies to this restoration; other presentations may differ.
- Region
- US
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — City Lights
1931 · original release
City Lights
87 minutes
1931 United Artists US release / AFI catalogue timing
Silent feature with synchronized score and effects.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English intertitles; synchronized score and effects
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — City Lights (1931)
Criterion identifies its French presentation as 89 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Cléo from 5 to 7 Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
93 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Closely Watched Trains The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 93-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
86 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 86-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Crossfire American Film Institute film information checked for the named 86-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
97 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Day of Wrath The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 97-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
88 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Death of a Cyclist British Film Institute film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion identifies its restored black-and-white United States presentation as 69 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Detour Criterion film and restoration record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
117 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Diabolique (1955), spine #35 The Criterion Collection — Diabolique (1955), spine #35
This presentation is timed at 107:31; shorter physical editions also exist.
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- GB
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- British Board of Film Classification BBFC — Double Indemnity
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- US
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- The Criterion Collection Criterion Collection — Double Indemnity (1944)
105 minutes is attached only to the named BFI National Archive restoration presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Downhill British Film Institute film information checked for the named 105-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
BFI records an approximate 91-minute duration; it remains a separate catalogue record rather than being merged with the BBFC-classified presentation.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI Sight and Sound — Dr. Strangelove archive review BFI records the UK/USA production, Kubrick, principal cast and crew, original UK release, and an approximate 91-minute duration.
BBFC records the classified 2019 presentation at 94 minutes 48 seconds, rounded to 95 minutes for catalogue display.
- Region
- GB
- Release
- 2019
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- BBFC — Dr. Strangelove (1964) BBFC identifies the film, full title, Kubrick, principal cast, black-and-white format, and a 2019 classified presentation of 94 minutes 48 seconds.
103 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- AFI Catalog — Dracula Spanish-language version AFI Catalog — Dracula Spanish-language version checked for the named 103-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI currently identifies Duck Soup as a 70-minute black-and-white United States film.
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- British Film Institute — Duck Soup BFI film record checked for title, year, director, country and its 70-minute presentation record.
90 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI — Earth (1930) BFI — Earth (1930)
70 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 70-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Easy Virtue British Film Institute film information checked for the named 70-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
22 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 22-minute programme presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Entr'acte British Film Institute film information checked for the named 22-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
106 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — Faust Restored Deluxe Edition Kino Lorber — Faust Restored Deluxe Edition checked for the named 106-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
124 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion Channel 124-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Channel — Floating Clouds The Criterion Channel film information checked for the named 124-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
77 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 77-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Foolish Wives British Film Institute film information checked for the named 77-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI records a 70-minute original release. The Version label preserves that catalogue context rather than asserting a current transfer length.
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- AFI Catalog — Frankenstein AFI production and release record checked for core Work facts and the 70-minute release record.
62 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Freaks The Criterion Collection — Freaks checked for the named 62-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
110 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Gilda The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 110-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
70 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 70-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Go West American Film Institute film information checked for the named 70-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
This 1956 U.S. re-edit is a separate 81-minute presentation, not the 1954 Japanese original.
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- US
- Language
- English
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- British Board of Film Classification BBFC — Godzilla, King of the Monsters! US re-edit
BBFC times the 1954 Japanese original at 96:09.
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- JP
- Language
- Japanese
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- British Board of Film Classification BBFC — Godzilla, original Japanese version
Japanese original mono; Toho rounded runtime.
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- JP
- Language
- Japanese
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- Toho Toho — Godzilla 4K remaster UHD
115 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- AFI Catalog — Grand Hotel AFI Catalog — Grand Hotel checked for the named 115-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
118 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI — Great Expectations (page dated 1947; UK theatrical premiere Dec 1946) BFI — Great Expectations (page dated 1947; UK theatrical premiere Dec 1946)
140 minutes is attached only to the named Library of Congress release account. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Library of Congress — Greed Library of Congress film information checked for the named 140-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion identifies its Japanese, black-and-white presentation as 133 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Harakiri Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
105 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. Criterion identifies Denmark while the retained Work record identifies Sweden; the country discrepancy is disclosed and no country claim is borrowed from the Version source.
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- The Criterion Collection — Häxan The Criterion Collection — Häxan checked for the named 105-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Current Criterion presentation; the NFAJ 35mm collection record also reports 143 minutes.
- Region
- US
- Language
- Japanese
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- The Criterion Collection — High and Low The Criterion Collection — High and Low
BFI identifies High Noon as an 85-minute black-and-white United States film.
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- British Film Institute — High Noon BFI film record checked for core Work facts and the 85-minute presentation record.
90 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Hiroshima mon amour (1959) The Criterion Collection — Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Criterion identifies its restored black-and-white United States presentation as 92 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — His Girl Friday Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
85 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 85-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Holiday American Film Institute film information checked for the named 85-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
69 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — I Walked with a Zombie Criterion film information checked for the named 69-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
90 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — I Was Born, But... (1932) The Criterion Collection — I Was Born, But... (1932)
NFAJ also catalogues the feature at 143 minutes.
- Region
- US
- Language
- Japanese
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — Ikiru
93 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — In a Lonely Place Criterion film information checked for the named 93-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
210 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Intolerance British Film Institute film information checked for the named 210-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion identifies its black-and-white United States presentation as 105 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — It Happened One Night Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
BFI records this presentation at 129 minutes; AFI includes 129 among its documented duration figures.
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- US
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- AFI Catalog — It's a Wonderful Life (1946) AFI identifies the 1946 US release, Frank Capra, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, and durations of 120, 129, or 132 minutes without assigning distinct cut identities.
- BFI — It's a Wonderful Life (1947) BFI identifies the US film, Frank Capra, principal cast and writers, and a 129-minute running time; its page uses the UK release year 1947.
Criterion lists its high-definition digital restoration at 95 minutes, with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack. This edition is the primary reader-facing Version, not a universal Work runtime.
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- US
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- Russian
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- The Criterion Collection — Ivan's Childhood (1962) The Criterion Collection — Ivan's Childhood (1962)
Mosfilm identifies its 2017 restoration at 96 minutes. The one-minute difference from Criterion's listing is retained as edition metadata rather than treated as evidence of a different Work.
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- Russian
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- Mosfilm — Ivan's Childhood Mosfilm identifies the 1962 film, Andrei Tarkovsky, principal credits, Golden Lion recognition, and its 2017 restoration at 96 minutes.
105 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Jules and Jim British Film Institute film information checked for the named 105-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
106 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Kind Hearts and Coronets British Film Institute film information checked for the named 106-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
100 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board — King Kong (1933) film essay by Michael Price Library of Congress National Film Preservation Board — King Kong (1933) film essay by Michael Price
94 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Knife in the Water, 94 min, Black & White The Criterion Collection — Knife in the Water, 94 min, Black & White
Criterion identifies its restored French presentation as 89 minutes. The altered distributor release remains a distinct historical Version without an inferred runtime.
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- The Criterion Collection — L’Atalante Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this restored presentation.
143 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- Criterion Collection — L'avventura (1960) Criterion Collection — L'avventura (1960)
Criterion identifies its Italian, black-and-white presentation as 174 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — La Dolce Vita Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
113 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Grand Illusion (1937), spine #1 The Criterion Collection — Grand Illusion (1937), spine #1
108 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — La Strada Criterion film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion lists the restoration at 108 minutes; Shochiku also lists the film at 108 minutes.
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- Japanese
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- The Criterion Collection — Late Spring (1949) The Criterion Collection — Late Spring (1949)
88 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 88-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Laura British Film Institute film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
87 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 87-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Letter from an Unknown Woman British Film Institute film information checked for the named 87-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
120 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Limite (1931), World Cinema Project 2010 restoration The Criterion Collection — Limite (1931), World Cinema Project 2010 restoration
80 minutes is attached only to the named UNESCO original-negative record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- UNESCO Memory of the World — Los Olvidados UNESCO Memory of the World film information checked for the named 80-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
68 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 68-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Love Affair American Film Institute film information checked for the named 68-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
88 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. The BFI record lists 89 minutes and historical records list longer variants; 88 minutes applies only to the named Kino Lorber presentation.
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- Kino Lorber — Love Me Tonight Special Edition Kino Lorber — Love Me Tonight Special Edition checked for the named 88-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
82 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Loves of a Blonde The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 82-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
85 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 85-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Lucky Star American Film Institute film information checked for the named 85-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion identifies its restored German-language, black-and-white presentation as 110 minutes. Its separate English-language Version is not assigned this runtime.
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- The Criterion Collection — M Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this German-language presentation.
92 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Make Way for Tomorrow Criterion film information checked for the named 92-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
67 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred. BFI lists 67 minutes and notes that circulation and projection-speed differences alter rhythm; the selected value is not promoted to a universal Work runtime.
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- BFI — Man with a Movie Camera (1929) BFI — Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
102 minutes is attached only to the named Cannes catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Festival de Cannes — María Candelaria Festival de Cannes film information checked for the named 102-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
98 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Memories of Underdevelopment The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 98-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
The Murnau Foundation DCP catalogue gives the exact duration as 149:36. Kino Lorber lists 148 minutes and Eureka 150 minutes for releases of this same reconstruction; those rounded listings are not evidence of different cuts.
- Region
- DE
- Language
- German intertitles
- Release
- 2010-02-12
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- Eureka Entertainment — Metropolis Metropolis Blu-ray: 150-minute reconstructed and restored 2010 version
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — 2010 restoration premiere programme Programme for the 12 February 2010 premiere of the restored version
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — Silent-film DCP catalogue Metropolis, Restoration 2010, 149:36, Gottfried Huppertz score
- Kino Lorber — The Complete Metropolis The Complete Metropolis: 148 minutes and more than 25 minutes of newly discovered footage
The Murnau Foundation's current film record gives 4,174 metres and 153 minutes. This is a historical estimate, not the runtime of a complete surviving print or a modern presentation.
- Region
- DE
- Language
- German intertitles
- Release
- 1927-01-10
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- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — 2010 restoration premiere programme Programme for the 12 February 2010 premiere of the restored version
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — Metropolis film record Metropolis film record: 4,174 metres, 153 minutes, premiere 10 January 1927
111 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Mildred Pierce Criterion film information checked for the named 111-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
66 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 66-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Mockery American Film Institute film information checked for the named 66-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI records the US release at 87 minutes, with synchronised sound effects, music, and singing.
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- US
- Release
- 1936-02-21
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- AFI Catalog — Modern Times (1936) AFI identifies the 1936 US release, Chaplin's principal credits, Charles Chaplin Film Corp., United Artists, and an 87-minute presentation with synchronised sound elements.
Criterion's 87-minute edition uses a restored 2K digital transfer created with the Cineteca di Bologna.
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- US
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- Criterion Collection — Modern Times (1936) Criterion identifies the 1936 US film, Chaplin's principal credits, an 87-minute runtime, and its restored 2K transfer created with the Cineteca di Bologna.
107 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 107-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Monte Cristo American Film Institute film information checked for the named 107-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
90 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 90-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Morocco American Film Institute film information checked for the named 90-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
87 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion restoration of the 1978 Tati rerelease. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
- Language
- French
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- The Criterion Collection — Mr. Hulot's Holiday The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 87-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
79 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Nanook of the North The Criterion Collection — Nanook of the North checked for the named 79-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
331 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- BFI — Napoléon BFI — Napoléon checked for the named 331-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
95 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion US presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- US
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- The Criterion Collection — Night and the City The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 95-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion identifies a complete 101-minute British version alongside the 95-minute US presentation.
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- UK
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- The Criterion Collection — Night and the City The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 101-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
filmportal documents a 1,742-metre, 64-minute examined version; it is not treated as the original runtime.
- Region
- DE
- Language
- German intertitles
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- filmportal.de — Nosferatu filmportal.de — Nosferatu
Filmportal identifies this as a synchronized sound-film reworking with changed character names, newly shot scenes, material discarded by Murnau, and recorded music. It is not a restoration of the 1922 release.
- Region
- DE
- Language
- German
- Release
- 1930-05-16
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- filmportal.de — Die zwölfte Stunde Die zwölfte Stunde: 1,893 metres, 70 minutes, premiere 16 May 1930
The Foundation's February 2025 DCP catalogue gives the exact duration as 95:04 and identifies tinting, German intertitles, optional English and French subtitles, and Hans Erdmann's music reconstructed by Berndt Heller. Eureka's 97-minute and Kino's 94-minute listings are not treated as separate cuts on runtime alone.
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- DE
- Language
- German intertitles
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- Eureka Entertainment — Nosferatu Nosferatu Blu-ray: 97 minutes, tinted, original German intertitles, optional English subtitles, Region B
- filmportal.de — Nosferatu filmportal.de — Nosferatu
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — 100. Geburtstag Nosferatu Luciano Berriatúa restored Nosferatu in 2005/2006; Berndt Heller reconstructed Hans Erdmann's music
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung — Silent-film DCP catalogue Nosferatu, Restoration 2005/2006, tinted, 95:04, German intertitles, Erdmann/Heller music
- Kino Lorber — F. W. Murnau's Nosferatu Restored version: 94 minutes, tinted, restored by Luciano Berriatúa, Erdmann score reconstructed by Berndt Heller
64 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 64-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Number Seventeen British Film Institute film information checked for the named 64-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
74 minutes is attached only to the named BFI edition 74-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Oliver Twist British Film Institute film information checked for the named 74-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI gives a 107–108-minute range; 108 minutes is shown here as the rounded value.
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- US
- Language
- English
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- AFI Catalog — On the Waterfront (1954) AFI Catalog — On the Waterfront (1954)
19 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. The Kino product copy misdates the short to 1921; Work year 1920 remains supported by the existing identity sources, while 19 minutes belongs only to the named product presentation.
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- Kino Lorber — The Saphead Standard Edition Kino Lorber — The Saphead Standard Edition checked for the named 19-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
DFI records the Danish theatrical release at 120 minutes.
- Region
- DK
- Release
- 1955-01-10
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- Danish Film Institute — Ordet (1955) DFI identifies the 1955 Danish film, Carl Th. Dreyer, principal cast and crew, black-and-white sound presentation, Danish opening, and a 120-minute duration.
BFI records a 126-minute presentation. It is retained separately rather than treated as the same duration record.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Ordet (1955) BFI independently identifies the 1955 Danish film, Dreyer, principal cast and writer, and a 126-minute presentation.
139 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Ossessione British Film Institute film information checked for the named 139-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
97 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Out of the Past British Film Institute film information checked for the named 97-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
132 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- filmportal.de — Die Büchse der Pandora (1929) filmportal.de — Die Büchse der Pandora (1929)
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- GB
- Language
- Bengali
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- British Film Institute BFI — Pather Panchali
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- US
- Language
- Bengali
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — The Apu Trilogy
- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — Pather Panchali
- Region
- GB
- Language
- Bengali
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- BFI Player BFI Player — Pather Panchali
Criterion's high-definition transfer was made from 35 mm elements restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with MGM Studios.
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- US
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- English
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — Paths of Glory (1957)
BFI records an 81-minute presentation.
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- GB
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- BFI — Persona (1966) BFI independently identifies the 1966 Swedish film, Bergman, principal cast and writer, and an 81-minute presentation.
Criterion records its edition at 83 minutes.
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- US
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- Criterion Collection — Persona (1966) Criterion identifies the 1966 Swedish film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, and its 83-minute edition.
The Ingmar Bergman Foundation records an original length of 85 minutes and the Stockholm premiere at that duration.
- Region
- SE
- Release
- 1966-10-18
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- Ingmar Bergman Foundation — Persona (1966) The Bergman Foundation identifies the Swedish production, black-and-white format, original 85-minute length, and 18 October 1966 Stockholm premiere.
80 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Pickup on South Street The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 80-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
74 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 74-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Possessed American Film Institute film information checked for the named 74-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
139 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Pyaasa British Film Institute film information checked for the named 139-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
78 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 78-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Ramona American Film Institute film information checked for the named 78-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion presentation restored by the Academy Film Archive, the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, and Kadokawa Pictures.
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- US
- Language
- Japanese
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — Rashomon (1950)
78 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 78-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Raw Deal American Film Institute film information checked for the named 78-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
60 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Museum of Modern Art — Regeneration The Museum of Modern Art — Regeneration checked for the named 60-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion's current edition uses a new 2K digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack.
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- US
- Language
- French
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — Rififi (1955), spine #115
BFI lists the UHD feature at 177 minutes; it remains separate from the 179-minute theatrical and Player presentation.
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- UK
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- British Film Institute — Rocco and His Brothers British Film Institute film information checked for the named 177-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
179 minutes is attached only to the named BFI theatrical and Player presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- UK
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- British Film Institute — Rocco and His Brothers British Film Institute film information checked for the named 179-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
103 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI Southbank Programme Notes (BFI Documentation Unit) — Rome, Open City BFI Southbank Programme Notes (BFI Documentation Unit) — Rome, Open City
- Region
- US
- Language
- English intertitles
- Release
- 1923-04-01
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- AFI Catalog — Safety Last! (1923) AFI Catalog — Safety Last! (1923)
94 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 94-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Salt of the Earth American Film Institute film information checked for the named 94-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
124 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Sansho the Bailiff (1954) The Criterion Collection — Sansho the Bailiff (1954)
89 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Saturday Night and Sunday Morning British Film Institute film information checked for the named 89-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
101 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 101-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Scaramouche American Film Institute film information checked for the named 101-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
95 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred. AFI lists 90, 95, or 99 minutes for historical variants. The selected 95-minute value belongs only to the reviewed BFI presentation.
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- BFI Shop — Scarface (1932), 95 min, Black & White BFI Shop — Scarface (1932), 95 min, Black & White
The National Film Archive of Japan records its 35 mm black-and-white screening print at 20,624 feet and 206 minutes. Its 2020 programme lists the same 206-minute presentation.
- Region
- JP
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- National Film Archive of Japan — 2020 program No. 22 NFAJ's 2020 programme identifies the Toho production, principal credits, and a 206-minute 35 mm black-and-white presentation.
- National Film Archive of Japan — Seven Samurai film holdings NFAJ records a Toho 35 mm black-and-white screening print at 20,624 feet and 206 minutes, with Akira Kurosawa and the principal credits.
Criterion lists its new 4K digital restoration at 207 minutes, with Japanese audio and the original monaural soundtrack. This is the reader-facing primary Version, not a universal Work runtime.
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- US
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- Criterion Collection — Seven Samurai (1954) Criterion identifies Akira Kurosawa's 1954 Japanese black-and-white film, its principal credits, and the 207-minute new 4K restoration.
115 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 115-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Seventh Heaven American Film Institute film information checked for the named 115-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
108 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 108-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — Shadow of a Doubt British Film Institute film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
82 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Shanghai Express The Criterion Collection — Shanghai Express checked for the named 82-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI identifies Sherlock Jr. as a 45-minute United States film. Silent-film projection speed and accompaniment can affect other presentation timings.
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- British Film Institute — Sherlock Jr. BFI film record checked for core Work facts and its 45-minute presentation record.
38 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 38-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Shoulder Arms American Film Institute film information checked for the named 38-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
67 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 67-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — So's Your Old Man American Film Institute film information checked for the named 67-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI records a 120-minute running time and March 1959 release.
- Region
- US
- Release
- 1959-03
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- AFI Catalog — Some Like It Hot (1959) AFI identifies the 1959 US film, principal credits, black-and-white format, 120-minute running time, and March 1959 release.
- BFI — Some Like It Hot (1959) BFI independently identifies the film, Billy Wilder, principal cast and writers, and a 120-minute presentation.
BFI records a 121-minute 35mm National Archive print.
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- GB
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- BFI National Archive — Some Like It Hot 35mm screening BFI records a 121-minute 35mm print from the BFI National Archive.
150 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — Spies 2K Digital Restoration Kino Lorber — Spies 2K Digital Restoration checked for the named 150-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
93 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI Data & Digital Preservation — Spring in a Small Town (1948) programme notes BFI Data & Digital Preservation — Spring in a Small Town (1948) programme notes
Criterion identifies its restored black-and-white United States presentation as 96 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — Stagecoach Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
70 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — Steamboat Bill, Jr. Lobster restoration Kino Lorber — Steamboat Bill, Jr. Lobster restoration checked for the named 70-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
122 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Stray Dog (1949) The Criterion Collection — Stray Dog (1949)
90 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Sullivan's Travels Criterion film information checked for the named 90-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI Player identifies this Czech archive Version as 75 minutes and explicitly notes that it is around twenty minutes shorter than the traditional English-language Version.
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- BFI Player — Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans BFI Player record checked for core Work facts and the identity and runtime of this Czech archive Version.
BFI records the film at 110 minutes. This is the primary viewing runtime used by Monocurator.
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- US
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- AFI Catalog — Sunset Blvd. (1950) AFI identifies the title-card form Sunset Blvd., 1950 release, Billy Wilder, principal cast and crew, Paramount production and distribution, and the unresolved 109-110 or 115-minute duration record.
- BFI — Sunset Blvd. (1950) BFI identifies the 1950 US film, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, the three credited writers, principal cast, and a 110-minute running time.
96 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Sweet Smell of Success Criterion film information checked for the named 96-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
81 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 81-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Tabu: A Story of the South Seas American Film Institute film information checked for the named 81-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
105 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 105-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — Tempest American Film Institute film information checked for the named 105-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
86 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The 39 Steps Criterion film information checked for the named 86-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion identifies its French, black-and-white presentation as 99 minutes.
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- The Criterion Collection — The 400 Blows Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts and this presentation.
AFI nominal timing; BBFC times the 2025 submission at 125:47.
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- English
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — The Apartment
- AFI Silver AFI Silver — The Apartment 4K restoration
- British Board of Film Classification BBFC — The Apartment
112 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Asphalt Jungle Criterion film information checked for the named 112-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
91 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Awful Truth Criterion film information checked for the named 91-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
172 minutes is attached only to the named AFI catalogue release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Best Years of Our Lives American Film Institute film information checked for the named 172-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
89 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Big Heat Criterion film information checked for the named 89-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
130 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 130-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Big Parade British Film Institute film information checked for the named 130-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
114 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 114-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Big Sleep British Film Institute film information checked for the named 114-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
125 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 125-minute 35mm release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Big Trail American Film Institute film information checked for the named 125-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
85 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 85-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Bigamist British Film Institute film information checked for the named 85-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
108 minutes is attached only to the named filmportal.de German presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- filmportal.de — The Blue Angel filmportal.de film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
97 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Breaking Point Criterion film information checked for the named 97-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
103 minutes is attached only to the named filmportal.de catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- filmportal.de — The Bridge filmportal.de film information checked for the named 103-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
22 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 22-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Butcher Boy American Film Institute film information checked for the named 22-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
The Murnau Foundation catalogue records a 1,505-metre element at 55 minutes. This catalogue presentation is retained separately and is not treated as the runtime of the 2014 restoration.
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- Germany
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- Murnau Foundation catalogue — Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari The Murnau Foundation catalogue identifies the German production, 1920 premiere, Robert Wiene, principal credits, and a 1,505-metre catalogue presentation listed at 55 minutes.
1920 · restoration
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
77 minutes
Murnau Foundation 4K restoration DCP screening
The Murnau Foundation's current DCP distribution record lists its tinted 2014 restoration at 77:09, with German intertitles and English, French, and Portuguese subtitles. The Foundation's July 2024 programme rounds the same restored DCP to 77 minutes.
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- Germany
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- Murnau Foundation — Film distribution DCP 01/2026 The Foundation's current distribution sheet lists the tinted 2014 restoration at 77:09, with German intertitles and English, French, and Portuguese subtitles.
- Murnau Foundation program July 2024 The Foundation's July 2024 programme identifies Robert Wiene, the principal cast, and the restored DCP at 77 minutes.
- Murnau Foundation project — Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari The Murnau Foundation documents the 2012–2014 4K restoration from the original camera negative, completed with the Bundesarchiv and L'Immagine Ritrovata.
69 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Cameraman The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 69-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
86 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Museum of Modern Art — The Cat and the Canary The Museum of Modern Art — The Cat and the Canary checked for the named 86-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
85 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 85-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Champ American Film Institute film information checked for the named 85-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
22 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 22-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Champion American Film Institute film information checked for the named 22-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
127 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Cloud-Capped Star The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 127-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
96 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Cranes Are Flying Criterion film information checked for the named 96-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
98 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- AFI Catalog — The Crowd (1928) AFI Catalog — The Crowd (1928)
90 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 90-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Dawn Patrol American Film Institute film information checked for the named 90-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
75 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Docks of New York The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 75-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
70 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 70-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Eagle American Film Institute film information checked for the named 70-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
100 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Earrings of Madame de . . . Criterion film information checked for the named 100-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
107 minutes is attached only to the named BFI National Archive restoration presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Farmer's Wife British Film Institute film information checked for the named 107-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
1926 · unknown
The Flying Ace
66 minutes
Library of Congress National Screening Room — 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy
LOC resource ntscrm.00004770 reports 3,950 seconds (65:50); the catalogue rounds the digital file to 66 minutes. Black-and-white, with a score compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. The 2016 Kino Lorber transfer, score, performance, and recording remain separate from the underlying 1926 Work.
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- US
- Language
- English
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- Library of Congress — The Flying Ace Library of Congress item 2021604060 and digital resource ntscrm.00004770.
- Library of Congress — The Flying Ace item resource metadata LOC resource metadata reports ntscrm.00004770 at 3,950 seconds.
80 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 80-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Four Feathers American Film Institute film information checked for the named 80-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
132 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 132-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse American Film Institute film information checked for the named 132-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
The National Gallery of Art records a 78-minute DCP presentation.
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- US
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- National Gallery of Art — The General (1926) The National Gallery of Art identifies the 1926 film, Keaton and Bruckman, principal cast, and a 78-minute DCP.
BFI Player records a 79-minute presentation.
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- GB
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- BFI Player — The General (1926) BFI Player independently identifies the film, both directors, principal cast, and a 79-minute presentation.
BFI’s film catalogue records a 90-minute presentation.
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- GB
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- BFI — The General (1926) BFI’s film catalogue identifies the film, both directors, principal cast and writers, and a 90-minute presentation.
Chaplin removed the intertitles, added his narration and synchronized score, shortened and rearranged the picture, revised the letter subplot, and changed the ending.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English narration
- Release
- 1942-04-18
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- 2026-08-03
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — The Gold Rush (1925)
- Charlie Chaplin Film Concerts Charlie Chaplin Film Concerts — The Gold Rush technical specifications
- Charlie Chaplin official Charlie Chaplin official — The Gold Rush
- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — The Gold Rush
Restored in 4K by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata under the aegis of Association Chaplin and Roy Export, with mk2 support. It follows the Brownlow–Gill reconstruction while using the results of a new international search for 1925 elements; it is not a third cut.
- Language
- English intertitles
- Release
- 2025-05-13
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- Association Chaplin and mk2 Films The Gold Rush — Cannes Classics 2025 restoration press notes
- Charlie Chaplin Film Concerts Charlie Chaplin Film Concerts — The Gold Rush technical specifications
- Festival de Cannes Festival de Cannes — The Gold Rush
129 minutes is attached only to the named AFI catalogue release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Grapes of Wrath American Film Institute film information checked for the named 129-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
LOC reports 11:54 at 18 frames per second for its digital viewing copy; the display rounds that exact item to 12 minutes. LOC also notes that some surviving copies are incomplete, so no general completeness claim is made.
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- Library of Congress — The Great Train Robbery LOC item record checked for title, year, country, digital-copy identity, duration and source-element caveat.
115 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Heiress Criterion film information checked for the named 115-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
1953 · unknown
The Hitch-Hiker
71 minutes
Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy
LOC resource ntscrm.00047382 reports 4,258 seconds (70:58); the catalogue rounds the digital file and 35 mm holdings to 71 minutes. Sound, black-and-white. LOC does not identify a named restoration or the exact source element used for this digital file.
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- US
- Language
- English
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- Library of Congress — The Hitch-Hiker Library of Congress item 2023602025 and digital resource ntscrm.00047382.
- Library of Congress — The Hitch-Hiker: National Film Registry #10 LOC identifies Ida Lupino and links to the film in its entirety in the National Screening Room.
113 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 113-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Hollywood Revue of 1929 American Film Institute film information checked for the named 113-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
108 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Housemaid Criterion film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
100 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — The Hunchback of Notre Dame Kino Lorber — The Hunchback of Notre Dame checked for the named 100-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
1915 · unknown
The Italian
79 minutes
Library of Congress National Screening Room digital viewing copy
LOC resource ntscrm.00014575 reports 4,732 seconds (78:52). The catalogue describes the film as silent and black-and-white and says sources disagree on the original length, but it appears complete in six reels. LOC does not identify a named restoration or the exact source element used for this digital file.
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- US
- Language
- English
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- Library of Congress — The Italian Library of Congress item 91706396 and digital resource ntscrm.00014575.
- Library of Congress — The Italian item resource metadata LOC resource metadata reports ntscrm.00014575 at 4,732 seconds.
102 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Killers Criterion film information checked for the named 102-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
195 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 195-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The King of Kings American Film Institute film information checked for the named 195-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
93 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Lady Eve Criterion film information checked for the named 93-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
96 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- BFI — The Lady Vanishes (1938) BFI — The Lady Vanishes (1938)
88 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Last Command The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
90 minutes is attached only to the named filmportal.de catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- filmportal.de — The Last Laugh filmportal.de film information checked for the named 90-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
78 minutes is attached only to the named BFI catalogue presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Lavender Hill Mob British Film Institute film information checked for the named 78-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
62 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 62-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Letter American Film Institute film information checked for the named 62-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
91 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 91-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
108 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 108-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Lost World American Film Institute film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI and BFI independently record a 100-minute presentation.
- Region
- US
- Release
- 1941-10-18
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- AFI Catalog — The Maltese Falcon (1941) AFI identifies the 1941 US release, John Huston, principal cast and crew, Warner Bros., black-and-white photography, and a 100-minute duration.
- BFI — The Maltese Falcon (1941) BFI independently identifies the 1941 US film, John Huston, principal cast, and a 100-minute running time.
110 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Flicker Alley — The Man Who Laughs Flicker Alley — The Man Who Laughs checked for the named 110-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
100 minutes is attached only to the named BFI National Archive restoration presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Manxman British Film Institute film information checked for the named 100-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
96 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Naked City The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 96-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
62 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 62-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — The Navigator British Film Institute film information checked for the named 62-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
BFI records this presentation at 92 minutes.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — The Night of the Hunter (1955) BFI identifies the 1955 US film, Charles Laughton, principal cast and crew, and a 92-minute running time.
Criterion’s 93-minute edition uses restored 35 mm film elements prepared by the UCLA Film & Television Archive.
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- US
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- Criterion Collection — The Night of the Hunter (1955) Criterion identifies the 1955 US film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, and its 93-minute restored edition.
88 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Palm Beach Story The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion's primary presentation of the Gaumont 2K restoration. Silent-film running time changes with projection speed.
- Region
- US
- Language
- Silent (French intertitles)
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- 2026-09-07
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- Carl Th. Dreyer — The Man and His Work Carl Th. Dreyer archive — The Passion of Joan of Arc
- Carl Th. Dreyer — The Man and His Work Carl Th. Dreyer archive — The different versions of Jeanne D'Arc
- The Criterion Collection Criterion Collection — The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
1921 · restoration
The Phantom Carriage
106 minutes
Criterion digital restoration with Swedish Film Institute archive collaboration
Criterion includes two score options, while the Swedish Film Institute lists live-music and recorded-score presentations. These are presentation choices, not evidence of separate story cuts.
- Region
- US
- Language
- Silent film with optional scores
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- 2026-08-02
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- Swedish Film Institute — Körkarlen Swedish Film Institute distribution record for Körkarlen (1921)
- The Criterion Collection — The Phantom Carriage (1921) The Criterion Collection — The Phantom Carriage (1921)
83 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. AFI records 74- and 83-minute lengths; 83 minutes applies only to the named MoMA 35mm presentation.
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- 2026-08-20
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- The Museum of Modern Art — The Public Enemy The Museum of Modern Art — The Public Enemy checked for the named 83-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
108 minutes is attached only to the named BFI National Archive restoration presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- 2026-08-21
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- British Film Institute — The Ring British Film Institute film information checked for the named 108-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
84 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 84-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The River American Film Institute film information checked for the named 84-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
90 minutes is attached only to the named Hungarian Film Archive presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- National Film Institute Hungary — The Round-Up National Film Institute Hungary film information checked for the named 90-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion identifies the 1959 reconstruction and its current restored presentation as 106 minutes. This is not labelled as an untouched 1939 release print.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Rules of the Game Criterion film and edition record checked for core Work facts, reconstruction history and this presentation.
122 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 122-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Sea Hawk American Film Institute film information checked for the named 122-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
AFI records a 72-minute original release. The runtime remains attached to that catalogue Version.
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- AFI Catalog — The Set-Up AFI production and release record checked for core Work facts and the 72-minute release record.
The Ingmar Bergman Foundation records an original length of 96 minutes and the Swedish release on 16 February 1957.
- Region
- SE
- Release
- 1957-02-16
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- Ingmar Bergman Foundation — The Seventh Seal (1957) The Bergman Foundation identifies the Swedish production, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, 96-minute original length, and 16 February 1957 release.
Criterion records its 4K restoration at 97 minutes.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — The Seventh Seal (1957) Criterion independently identifies the film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white format, and its 97-minute 4K restoration.
71 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Seventh Victim Criterion film information checked for the named 71-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
125 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Shop on Main Street The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 125-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
83 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 83-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Spiral Staircase American Film Institute film information checked for the named 83-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
136 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Paramount Pictures — The Ten Commandments (1923) Paramount Pictures — The Ten Commandments (1923) checked for the named 136-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
154 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — The Thief of Bagdad Photoplay Productions Edition Kino Lorber — The Thief of Bagdad Photoplay Productions Edition checked for the named 154-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
AFI records the American presentation at 93 minutes and identifies it as a Selznick re-edit of the longer British version.
- Region
- US
- Release
- 1950-02-02
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- AFI Catalog — The Third Man (1949) AFI identifies the principal credits, London Film Productions and Selznick Releasing Organization, the British and US openings, and the 93-minute US re-edit versus the longer British version.
BFI records the British presentation at 104 minutes. AFI identifies it as approximately eleven minutes longer than the American re-edit.
- Region
- GB
- Release
- 1949-08-31
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- AFI Catalog — The Third Man (1949) AFI identifies the principal credits, London Film Productions and Selznick Releasing Organization, the British and US openings, and the 93-minute US re-edit versus the longer British version.
- BFI — The Third Man (1949) BFI identifies the 1949 UK film, Carol Reed, Graham Greene, Carol Reed as producer, principal cast, and a 104-minute running time.
110 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion German-language presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
- Language
- German
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- The Criterion Collection — The Threepenny Opera The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 110-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
67 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — The Unknown The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 67-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion lists this restored presentation at 152 minutes. BFI lists its restored original French theatrical presentation at 153 minutes; the one-minute difference is treated as measurement or catalogue rounding, not proof of a different cut.
- Region
- US
- Language
- French, Spanish, English, Italian, German
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- The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection — The Wages of Fear (1953)
1953 · restoration
The Wages of Fear
153 minutes
BFI restored original French theatrical presentation
BFI lists 153 minutes alongside Criterion's 152-minute listing; the one-minute difference does not establish a separate cut.
- Region
- GB
- Language
- French, Spanish, English, Italian, German
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- BFI Player BFI Player — The Wages of Fear (1953)
95 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Museum of Modern Art — The Wind The Museum of Modern Art — The Wind checked for the named 95-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI currently identifies the film as 98 minutes and documents its monochrome/sepia-to-Technicolor design. A separate current BFI 4K screening lists 102 minutes and is not merged with this Version.
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- British Film Institute — The Wizard of Oz BFI film record checked for core Work facts, colour presentation and its 98-minute record.
99 minutes is attached only to the named AFI 99-minute release record. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- American Film Institute — The Woman in the Window American Film Institute film information checked for the named 99-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
Criterion lists this digital restoration at 137 minutes; other presentations may differ.
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- US
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- Criterion Collection — Tokyo Story (1953) The Criterion Collection record reviewed for the listed fields.
The shorter studio version. AFI and Eureka both identify a 95-minute theatrical presentation.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English
- Release
- 1958-02
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — Touch of Evil (1958)
- Eureka Entertainment Eureka Entertainment — Touch of Evil 4K Ultra HD
- Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum — Touch of Evil: From Program Picture to Classic
The longer preview version was recovered in the 1970s. Sources list 108 or 109 minutes; the 109-minute value follows Eureka's presentation.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English
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- Eureka Entertainment Eureka Entertainment — Touch of Evil 4K Ultra HD
- Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum — Touch of Evil: From Program Picture to Classic
Walter Murch re-edited the studio material around Welles's 1957 memo. It is not a director's cut; the 110-minute value follows Eureka's presentation.
- Region
- US
- Language
- English
- Release
- 1998-05
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- AFI Catalog AFI Catalog — Touch of Evil (1958)
- Eureka Entertainment Eureka Entertainment — Touch of Evil 4K Ultra HD
- Jonathan Rosenbaum Jonathan Rosenbaum — Touch of Evil: From Program Picture to Classic
Criterion’s 96-minute edition uses a 4K restoration by The Film Foundation and Kadokawa Corporation.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — Ugetsu (1953) Criterion identifies the 1953 Japanese film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, its 96-minute edition, and the current 4K restoration.
BFI records this presentation at 97 minutes.
- Region
- GB
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- BFI — Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) BFI identifies the 1953 Japanese film, Kenji Mizoguchi, principal cast and writers, producer Masaichi Nagata, and a 97-minute running time.
88 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Umberto D. The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
16 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred.
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- MoMA — Un Chien andalou (1929), France, black and white, silent, approx. 16 min MoMA — Un Chien andalou (1929), France, black and white, silent, approx. 16 min
81 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Underworld The Criterion Collection film information checked for the named 81-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
BFI independently records a 91-minute presentation.
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- GB
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- BFI — Viridiana (1961) BFI identifies the 1961 Spain–Mexico film, Buñuel, principal cast and writers, a 91-minute running time, and the Cannes Palme d’Or.
Criterion’s 91-minute edition uses a new 4K digital restoration.
- Region
- US
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- Criterion Collection — Viridiana (1961) Criterion identifies the 1961 Spain–Mexico film, principal cast and crew, black-and-white photography, its 91-minute 4K restoration, and the Palme d’Or.
88 minutes is attached only to the named BFI 88-minute presentation. No unsupported cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- British Film Institute — While the City Sleeps British Film Institute film information checked for the named 88-minute presentation; runtime is attached only to this Version.
92 minutes is attached only to this named source presentation; no restoration, score, territory, cut, frame rate, or source element is inferred. The Swedish Film Institute record previously consulted listed 91 minutes; the selected 92-minute value belongs only to the current Criterion presentation.
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- The Criterion Collection — Wild Strawberries Criterion film and edition record checked for the 92-minute Swedish, black-and-white presentation.
144 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred. The BFI programme names William A. Wellman while the retained Work record also carries Harry d’Abbadie d’Arrast from Wikidata; the Version source is not used to erase that source difference.
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- BFI — Wings programme record BFI — Wings programme record checked for the named 144-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
73 minutes is attached only to this named presentation. No edition, score, territory, cut, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- Kino Lorber — Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection Kino Lorber — Oscar Micheaux: The Complete Collection checked for the named 73-minute presentation; the runtime is not promoted to the Work.
147 minutes is attached only to the named Criterion presentation. No edition, cut, score, territory, frame rate, source element, or restoration detail is inferred.
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- The Criterion Collection — Woman in the Dunes Criterion film information checked for the named 147-minute presentation; runtime is not promoted to the Work.
Criterion lists the restored transfer at 110 minutes; JFDB also lists the film at 110 minutes.
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- US
- Language
- Japanese
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- The Criterion Collection — Yojimbo The Criterion Collection — Yojimbo