❉ Legendary Kurosawa and Herzog titles coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray and a long unavailable sci-fi series on DVD & Blu-ray.
The BFI has announced its home entertainment releases for August and September 2025. Highlights include two Werner Herzog films on 4K UHD for the first time and another classic from the Akira Kurosawa catalogue on 4K UHD.
11 August: THE HIDDEN FORTRESS on UHD and Blu-ray
The next film from Akira Kurosawa to be released in a 4K restoration is THE HIDDEN FORTRESS. This 1958 masterpiece was a huge box office success for the director on its original release, and the story of a warrior and a princess trying against all odds to return to their homeland with their fortune famously inspired George Lucas when he was writing his first Star Wars film.
❉ Pre-order The Hidden Fortress 4K UHD
❉ Pre-order The Hidden Fortress Blu-ray
25 August: AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD on UHD and Blu-ray
The BFI’s first 4K release from the Werner Herzog film collection will be 1972’s AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD. This legendary production, filmed in the Amazonian jungle, established Herzog as one of the key directors in the New German Cinema movement, and stars Klaus Kinski in the first of their five film collaborations.
❉ Pre-order Aguirre, Wrath of God 4K UHD
❉ Pre-order Aguirre, Wrath of God Blu-ray
22 September: NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE on UHD and Blu-ray and OBJECT Z on Blu-ray/DVD
A new 4K restoration of Herzog and Kinski’s second collaboration, NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE, is released in September. Kinski’s performance created one of cinema’s iconic vampires, and the film was one of the inspirations for director Robert Eggers’ recent box office hit.
❉ Pre-order Nosferatu the Vampyre 4K UHD
❉ Pre-order Nosferatu the Vampyre Blu-ray
Also out in September is OBJECT Z. Unseen since its first transmission on ITV in 1965, this vintage six-part Rediffusion sci-fi serial directed by Daphne Shadwell will delight all aficionados of the glorious golden age of British television drama and appeal to everybody who thrilled to Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass.
These titles join the previously announced July releases – BHAJI ON THE BEACH, WOMEN IN LOVE and HUMAN TRAFFIC – for the summer quarter. Each will contain a selection of extra features and an illustrated booklet (first pressing only) to provide contextual information.
All titles are available to pre-order online now from usual retailers.
❉ WE ARE CULT will have full details on each title in due course.
❉ News source: BFI Publicity.
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