Der Name der Rose (The Name of the Rose) (Sean Connery)

[McCrutchy]

Winner of Best Foreign Film at the 1987 César Awards in France, Jean-Jacques Annaud's Der Name der Rose (English: The Name of the Rose) (1986) starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater, will be released in Germany on 2 September 2010. Courtesy of Kinowelt.

N.B. Information on the Kinowelt site suggests that this release will NOT be English-friendly, containing only a German audio DUB and German subtitles.

Der Name der Rose Blu-ray

[Arkadin]

another member got a response from Kinowelt, and unfortunately it is true that this only contains a German dub for audio.
incredible.

[El_Burro]

daaamn! hope for english at least.
So maybe Warner got rights for that?

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by El_Burro

daaamn! hope for english at least.
So maybe Warner got rights for that?

Yes I believe Warner hold both the UK and USA rights for Blu-ray, which is a good thing.

EDIT: It would seem that there is a strange situation with this film in Germany, but I'm very unclear on it.

It seems that there is/was a conflict between Kinowelt and WB over DVD releases of The Name of the Rose. Kinowelt released a DVD edition in 2003 also with only German audio, without subtitles, and without extras, and a German review of the Kinowelt DVD seems to imply that it was blocked by Warner, who subsequently released a single-disc DVD and a two-disc special edition DVD in Germany (as well as many other EU territorries) in 2004.

This could explain why Kinowelt's 2010 BD does not include the English track, as they don't seem to have the rights to it. Perhaps they licensed the extras on the BD from WB? At any rate, it would seem that WB would be the ones to release a proper BD with English audio and extras.

EDIT 2: I also see similar domestic releases in Italy (Digital Storm; 2002) and France (TF1; 1998) (confirmed forced French subs on English audio) that were summarily replaced by the EU Warner SE DVD set. Since this was a French/German/Italian production these releases (and by extension, the Kinowelt BD) and their audio/forced subtitle options, now make more sense.

Have anyone any idea of a date for the English version - and even more interesting the extreas that will come with it???

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by JollyRoger

Have anyone any idea of a date for the English version - and even more interesting the extreas that will come with it???

No, this will be up to Warner Bros. who control both the U.S. and International rights for this film, and I'm certain they'll release an international disc with extras and the English audio.