Rocco and His Brothers

(Rocco e i suoi fratelli / Rocco et ses frères)

by Luchino Visconti
Italy / France 1960

Premiere: 6 September 1960 (Italy)



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Image Region 0 vs. French/UK Region 2


Thanks to Gary / dvdbeaver.com for the R0 screenshots

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Distribution Image Entertainment
Region 0 (North America)
TF1 Vidéo / René Chateau Vidéo
Region 2 (France)
C'est la Vie
Region 2 (UK)
2-DVD-set
Runtime 168:15 min
Possibly a PAL-to-NTSC-transter? (+ 4% PAL Speedup = 175 min)
168:37 min (+ 4% PAL Speedup = 175 min) 168 min (+ 4% PAL Speedup = 175 min)
Video 1.66:1:4:3 Letterboxed WideScreen
Average Bitrate: 5.63 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
1.73:1/16:9 Anamorphic WideScreen
Average Bitrate: 5.67 mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
1.62:1/4:3 Letterboxed WideScreen
Average Bitrate: mb/s
PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
The video is unfortunately NOT 16:9 enhanced, as claimed on the cover!
Audio Italiano Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono Français Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono

This was a Italian-French co-production. All dialogue was post-recorded. The principal French actors (Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Roger Hanin, Suzy Delair) spoke their parts in French, as you will notice by observing their lip movements. They were dubbed in the Italian language version, and you can listen to their original voices only in the French sync-version. The voices of the Italian actors only appear in the Italian sync-version, with the exception of Claudia Cardinale who at that point of her career was always dubbed by another actress (because of her unusually dark voice)

Italiano Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles English None English
Features None • Filmographies of Alain Delon, Claudia Cardinale, Annie Girardot, Luchino Visconti
• Theatrical Trailer (1.78:1/4:3, 02:35 min)
• Excerpts from Le Samouraï, Quand la femme s’en mêle (03:14 min)
• Web Link
Disc 2:
Documentary "Luchino Visconti" by Carlo Lizzani (Italy 1999, 61 min) featuring Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon
• Photo gallery
• Trailer
• Biographies and Filmographies of Cardinale, Delon, Annie Giradot, Luchino Visconti
• Colour Booklet about the Film and the Documentary, Including Background Details on the Film, Stills and Reviews
DVD Release Date: 30 October 2001
Keep Case
Chapters: 20
DVD Encoding: NTSC Region 0
SS-DL/DVD-9
DVD Release Date: 9 May 2001
Keep Case
Chapters: 16
DVD Encoding: PAL Region 2
SS-DL/DVD-9
DVD Release Date: 25 March 2002
Keep Case
Chapters:
DVD Encoding: PAL Region 2
1x SS-DL/DVD-9
1x SS-SL/DsVD-5



Frame 1: Menu
(Image R0 4:3 left,
French R2 16:9 right)



Frame 2
(Image R0 4:3 left,
French R2 16:9 right)



Frame 3
(Image R0 4:3 left,
French R2 16:9 right)



Frame 4
(Image R0 4:3 left,
French R2 16:9 right)



Average Bitrate Image Region 0:
5.63 mb/s


Average Bitrate French Region 2:
5.67 mb/s







Last update: 11 Aug 2002