in 1:85.1 even though the original aspect ratio was 2:35.1. there are other movies around that time that happened to also.
Simply put, most of the international theatres didn't have the screen for widescreen 2:35.1.
or it could have been who ever trasnfered the crappy film to the german only dialog laserdiscs ( all four of them) fricked up!!!
who know. we may never know.
One thing people need to understand that this is almost a completly different cut of Highlander II.