When supernatural urban fantasy film "Night Watch" (2004) was released outside of Russia, a new version was produced. An inferior one, imo. Since then the "International" version became the one distributed across all formats, and the original 115 min cut became confined to a DVD released only in Russia.
Now you can find a direct stream copy of the DVD together with official English subtitles in an MKV here: https://archive.org/details/night-watch-2004-original
Comprehensive version comparison: https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=2891
@dosnostalgic @Judeau that's the version on the Russian DVD I imported into the UK back when it first came out, I guess? It's the only version I've ever seen and I honestly had no idea it was a different cut of the film! Still one of the most unique items in my DVD collection
@dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@COMPU73E @Judeau This is the one, the original. If you're familiar with this one, you might as well check out the International Cut to see all the changes.
There are two variations of the International version too:
- One is in Russian, but with fancy *animated* subtitles.
- No animated subtitles, but choice of regular English subtitles or an okay-ish dub.