Well, I had intended to do a full recreation of the shorter cut, using the French DVD as well as the Finnish VHS and German TV rip, but once Retro35 showed those framegrabs from a HD 35mm scan and then rebuffed any polite requests for access, it just took the wind out of my sails. What’s the point of doing a crappy-looking reconstruction in SD if the materials to make a nice-looking HD one could theoretically be accessible? Add to that getting a new job that’s kept me busy since, and I just don’t have the time to do it.
That said, I have put together a compilation of the highlights from the shorter version with English audio (using the video from the German airing), which you can watch here…
EDIT: Turns out I actually played one scene twice at the expense of the washboard scene - am taking this down temporarily and will reupload a corrected version tomorrow. Sorry!
EDIT: Here you go! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLXEcXGZIc4