There is a longer, even better TV version

Rating: 9/10 (24 April 2006)

Probably difficult to get, and only for viewers who speak German, but recently there was a longer version on German TV. It did not add much to the story, but it displayed even more atmospheric scenes, and every scene with Bruno Ganz as Hitler is worth seeing and witnessing the insanity of the events over 60 years ago. In total, the extended TV version adds about 26 minutes to the film, totaling 175 minutes. The German version has English subtitles (I quote the German DVD technical information since I watched it on TV, not DVD). If you can watch, it, it is worth it. It is likely, though, that it will be close to never that it will appear in any other language. I remember the movie Das Boot which hit the screen only in a cut version. Recently, it came out on DVD in German language with English subtitles for the first time. So it may be you need a code free DVD player to be able to watch the Region Code 2 German DVD to get the whole story film.