Physical copies of the Blu-ray KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER from Second Run

Physical copies of the Blu-ray KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER from Second Run

Riding in to the weekend... KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER Blu-rays have arrived!! Aleksander Ford's legendary feature, to this day one of the most successful and popular Polish films ever, was selected by Martin Scorsese as one of the best films in the history of Polish cinema. tinyurl.com/fns9sscb

Power corrupts in Second Run's ISTVAN SZABO: MEPHISTO/COLONEL REDL/HANUSSEN (review): cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/powe... @dvdcompare.net @secondrun.bsky.social

The Guide #227: A brain-melting sci-fi movie marathon, curated by Britain’s best cult film-maker As Bulk tours indie cinemas, its director reflects on the cinematic DNA​ and oddball influences that fuelled his most unconventional wor​k

Filmmaker Ben Wheatley curates an imaginary, dazzlingly demented, movie marathon of his favourite fantasic films, including Karel Zeman's JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME ("It’s like a proto Jurassic Park") - handily available on Blu-ray / DVD from Second Run

www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC Blu-ray packshot

NEW RELEASE NEWS... Karel Kachyňa's LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC! Blu-ray Special Edition out 16 March 2026.
A landmark, lyrical film from the director of Coach to Vienna and The Ear. Pre-order at: tinyurl.com/vtd6tm7u
Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/4kur4293
@rarewaves.bsky.social
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social etc.

"Harrowing, multi-layered period drama, brilliantly cast and directed [...] Janžurová in particular is a mesmeric, luminous presence...Second Run’s HD restored print looks exquisite"
A 5-star review @grahamrickson.bsky.social of Herz's OIL LAMPS at The Arts Desk www.theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray...

"These films are not only important. They are necessary. [...] A towering achievement of European cinema... these new restorations finally allow Szabó’s most essential works to be seen with the gravity and beauty they demand"
CinemasOnline review our SZABÓ Set

cinemas-online.co.uk/reviews/6968...

MICHAEL BROOKE ON ZOLTÁN HUSZÁRIK
Hosted by @pasqualeiannone.bsky.social for Edinburgh Film Podcast, dedicated to extraordinary films of Hungarian filmmaker Zoltán Huszárik, inspired by the 2025 Box Set released by Second Run.
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Bela Tarr in a pirated DVD store in Peru posing with the owner and a selection of his films

Béla Tarr visiting a store in Peru selling pirated DVDs and posing with the owner and bootlegs of his own work, one of the realest ones, RIP

CineVentures' Best of 2025 Blu-ray/4K UHD Releases! I participated in the DVDBeaver Blu-ray and 4K UHD of the Year 2025 poll and a number of my comments are excerpted throughout the coverage;...

THE BARNABAS KOS CASE, OIL LAMPS and ZOLTAN HUSZARIK Box Set all feature in CineVentures Best of 2025 Blu-ray/4K Releases. Thank you!
cineventures.blogspot.com/2026/01/cine...

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! Also time for @dvdbeaver.bsky.social poll of the Best Physical Media of the year. Delighted that the 2025 poll includes several mentions for Second Run. Thanks to all who voted + the continued support and enthusiam of customers and friends.
www.dvdbeaver.com/subsite/best...

Multi-Genre Music, Sound & Film Webzine <p>From Second Run Films, here we have a three Blu-ray set collecting together most of the climactic output of Zoltán Huszárik- a Hungarian filmmaker whose work has a very distinctively visual quality...

"Huszárik’s features and shorts are truly fascinating creations - alive with wonderful and haunting imagery... If you enjoy arthouse/world film, this box set is a must, and one of 2025’s highlights" @musiquemachine.bsky.social review ZOLTAN HUSZARIK set
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It's that time of year! @mondodigital.bsky.social choose their 'Top 30 Disc Releases of 2025' - with WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? their Second Run selection

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Review of @secondrun.bsky.social boxset Zoltán Huszárik-1963- 1979 'his feature-length & short films are truly fascinating creations- alive with wonderful & haunting imagery, as well as most worthy themes. If you enjoy arthouse/world film, this box set is a must!' bit.ly/4jj15QA

Still from Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku, 1973)

And with thanks to all for their continued support and enthusiasm.
We wish everyone a happy Christmas and a peaceful and safe year ahead.
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10 great European Christmas films With Ingmar Bergman’s festive family drama Fanny and Alexander returning to cinemas, we recommend 10 more Christmas classics from the continent.

It's time to re-visit BFI @sightsoundmag.bsky.social list of '10 Great European Christmas Films', including - of course! - Václav Vorlíček's beloved THREE WISHES FOR CINDERELLA (incidentally available on Blu-ray from Second Run!).

www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

An excellent piece in PROSPECT by writer James Oliver about the importance of UK’s boutique labels keeping physical media alive and kicking, which also includes an interview with Second Run founder Mehelli Modi.

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www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7186...

Istvan Szabo: Mephisto /Colonel Redl /Hanussen Hungary 1981 - 1988 (Second Run) - Blueprint: Review Kevin McCaighy reviews Istvan Szabo's Central European trilogy of films, released for the first time in the UK on Blu ray by Second Run.

"[Second Run] has truly surpassed itself with this outstanding Blu-ray set, and it is an indispensable addition to the canon of home cinema for all devotees of Eastern European cinema."

A 5-star review of our ISTVÁN SZABÓ set at Blueprint Review blueprintreview.co.uk/2025/12/istv...

‘Collusion does not require a dictatorship’: István Szabó on his Nazi actor masterpiece Mephisto As his 1981 film is rereleased, the director talks about his Oscar-winning fable about an actor’s Faustian pact with the Nazi party – and its new relevance

A brand-new interview with the great István Szabó on his masterpiece MEPHISTO in today's @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...

István Szabó (1981-1988) Second Run Blu-Ray Review Slowing down for the end of 2025, that doesn't mean we don't have some excellent goodies for you. For example, Second Run's brilliant István Szabó trilogy set.

"These three films showcase the director’s rightful claim as a landmark filmmaker in twentieth century Hungarian cinema [...]
An incredible trilogy before you even get to the extras"
@thegeekshow.bsky.social review our ISTVÁN SZABÓ set thegeekshow.co.uk/istvan-szabo...

István Szabó (1981-1988) Second Run Blu-Ray Review Slowing down for the end of 2025, that doesn't mean we don't have some excellent goodies for you. For example, Second Run's brilliant István Szabó trilogy set.

Slowing down for the end of 2025, that doesn't mean we don't have some excellent goodies for you. For example, @secondrun.bsky.social's brilliant István Szabó "trilogy" set #Review

Read More from Mark here: thegeekshow.co.uk/istvan-szabo...

Continuing a recent output that's currently putting the rest of us to shame, Gary Couzens has reviewed the new @secondrun.bsky.social box set featuring three films by director István Szabó with actor Klaus Maria Brandauer – MEPHISTO, COLONEL REDL and HANUSSEN tinyurl.com/yc4uwyff

So, annoyingly Amazon UK are currently sold-out of the ISTVÁN SZABÓ. Arrgghh!!
Fear not! It is fully available at our website and others HMV, FOPP, Zavvi, @rarewaves.bsky.social @diabolikdvd.bsky.social @orbitdvd.bsky.social etc. + Amazon have stock incoming...
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...

Tick tock....
Less than 24 hours to get our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set at the discount price of £37.99 at our webstore...

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10 great Hungarian films From a seven-and-a-half hour masterpiece to one of the most beautiful colour films ever made: as a trio of István Szabó films arrive on Blu-ray, we present a 10-film primer on the glories of Hungarian...

To coincide with our new ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set release - Michael Brooke @marbleicehook.bsky.social selects '10 great Hungarian films' for BFI online.
(And eight of the ten wonderful films selected are available on Second Run!)
www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-gre...

LAST CALL!

Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Set is at a discount price of £37.99 at our webstore only until Monday 8th December!

www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
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YouTube video by Oscars "Mephisto" Wins Foreign Language Film: 1982 Oscars

Flashback! - Ornella Muti and Jack Valenti present the Oscar® for Best Foreign Language Film to István Szabó for MEPHISTO at the 54th Academy Awards® in 1982

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Klaus Maria Brandauer in MEPHISTO (1981)

Klaus Maria Brandauer in COLONEL REDL (1985)

Klaus Maria Brandauer in HANUSSEN (1988)

"Three of the most remarkably ambitious films of the 1980s. Their 4K restoration is outstanding... Szabo’s epic account of the limits to personal freedom and agency, in a dangerous authoritarian world, still speaks powerfully to us"
Our SZABÓ Set reviewed

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NEW RELEASE NEWS! Blu-ray SE coming 26 Jan 2026 -
Aleksander Ford's KNIGHTS OF THE TEUTONIC ORDER (KRZYŻACY). Chosen by Martin Scorsese as one of the 21 best films in the history of Polish cinema. Order at our webstore: tinyurl.com/fns9sscb
Amazon UK: tinyurl.com/3469xcad + all the usual suspects

I just received this Istvan Szabo box set in the post.
How fantastic. What great work you so, Second Run

István Szabó Box set showing the three discs Mephisto, Colonel Redl and Hanussen.

István Szabó set showing the reverse of the box and the three discs Mephisto, Colonel Redl and Hanussen.

The wait is over! Our ISTVÁN SZABÓ Box Sets have arrived!!
Wonderful to see them in the real world. Website discount price of £37.99 until release date - 8 Dec!
www.secondrundvd.com/release_szab...
Also at Amazon UK tinyurl.com/4bckyaa2
@diabolikdvd.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bzhjmvcx
and usual outlets