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    Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Eureka [2025 Release]
    Wrack and Ruin: The Rubble Film At Defa - Limited Edition
    Masters of Cinema #326-330

  • Extras:
    DISC ONE
    The Murders Are Among Us (Wolfgang Staudte, 1946; 84:35)
    Audio Commentary by crime cinema expert Sergio Angelini (2025)
    "From the Rubble" 2025 interview with socialist cinema expert Claire Knight (28:00)
    "Rebuilding Berlin" 1946 DEFA documentary (22:40, in German with English subtitles)
    "The Eyewitness 1946/08" 1946 newsreel on the making of the film (14:16, in German with English subtitles)

    DISC TWO
    *The Film
    Audio Commentary by East German cinema scholar Elizabeth Ward (2025)
    Alternate Ending (3:16)

    Police Raid (Werner Klingler, 1947; 95:00)
    Audio Commentary by crime cinema expert Sergio Angelini (2025)
    "Crimewave" 2025 video essay by DEFA historian Sebastian Heiduschke (19:55)
    "Rebuilding Potsdam" 1946 DEFA documentary (30:17, in German with English subtitles)
    "The Eyewitness 1946/01" 1946 newsreel featuring DEFA's first animation "Underground Scare" (20:35, in German with English subtitles)

    DISC THREE
    Marriage in the Shadows (Kurt Maetzig, 1947; 102:36)
    Audio Commentary by DEFA historian Seán Allan (2025)
    "Confronting the Past" 2025 interview with Jewish studies scholar Sue Vice (24:55)
    "Death Camp Sachsenhausen" 1946 DEFA documentary (36:32, in German with English subtitles)
    "The Eyewitness 1947/53" 1947 newsreel on the making of the film (13:32, in German with English subtitles)

    The Blum Affair (Erich Engel, 1948; 111:34)
    Audio Commentary written by Rolland Man and presented by David Melville Wingrove (2025)
  • Subtitles:
    English (optional)
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.37:1
  • Picture Format:
    1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
  • Soundtrack(s):
    German LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz/24-bit)
  • Case type:
    Special Case
  • Notes:
    Comes in a limited edition hardcase of 2,000 copies featuring new art by Carly A-F, reversible covers for each case, and a collector’s book featuring new writing on the films in this set by German film historians Tim Bergfelder, Daniel Jonah Wolpert, Brad Prager and Mariana Ivanova.

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