At least a generation of viewers has experienced Back To The Future in localized form in Germany. There, the movie was called ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT and had the following logo.

Personally, I think this logo was the best design adaptation of the original English-language logo. It retained both the last letter “K” combined with the backwards arrow and the “CK” connection (as in “BACK”).

Although the movie logos, indeed, had some variations of it.

Since the DVDs (and then the BluRays) came out, the localized logos basically disappeared. TV stations switched to newer HD sources, thus retaining the English-language logo (or even constructing some custom design abominations). So far, German localization was retained on old Universal VHS & LD copies and TV recordings.

Therefore the idea for this project, using the newest 4K restorations from 2020.

The German elements were taken from various sources, as will be described below.

Update: Project is finished.

MediaInfos:
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III

SOURCES USED

Localized video:

• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.003)
• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.008)
• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL III: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.009)
• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL VHS (CIC VIDEO)
  Rips provided by Pinheadraiser.

German LD audio (PCM):

• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.003)
• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL II: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.008)
• ZURÜCK IN DIE ZUKUNFT TEIL III: PAL Laserdisc (PHILIPS 14.03.009)
  Rips provided by Pinheadraiser.

English LD audio (PCM):

• This forum, courtesy of PDB.

English DTS-HDMA 5.1 audio (optional):

• BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY: UHD-4K & BLU-RAY (Universal, 2020)

German DTS-HDMA 5.1 audio (optional):

• Fan mixes by NIMA4K

Subtitles

• BACK TO THE FUTURE TRILOGY: UHD-4K & BLU-RAY (Universal, 2020)

PART 1: WHAT WAS TO DO

The amount of work that went into BACK TO THE FUTURE was the following.

1. Title replacement

The original English title (which appeared over black) needed to be replaced by the German logo from the laserdisc:

One notice a slightly difference to the logo from the posters: the “R” has a different tail. Also, it looks rather simple compared to the original English title which was more elaborate. However, this was the only source I had, so I had to go with it.

2. To Be Continued

The initial theatrical version (as well as the DVD and BluRay versions) did not contain the “To Be Continued” title. As a matter of fact, the filmmakers created it retroactively for the home video release (as they already knew BTTF2 was happening), and it was contained in the video and TV versions until, well, the DVD came out.

Actually, the TBC logo was never translated into German on home video. The German VHS and LD contain the original English-language version:

Fun comment: when BTTF aired on German TV, the TV station did in fact create an own German version of “TO BE CONTINUED”. However, this is an unofficial body of work, so I stuck with the original English logo. So the image below is just for the sake of information.

3. Audio
   The LD audio needed to be synched with the BluRay (2020) video.

4. Subtitles
   English & German Subtitles needed to be included.

looks awesome!

PART II: THINGS TO DO

With Part 2, there was considerably more work to do apart from two instances of logo replacement.

1. German title.

The German title is shown not over black this time, but actually over an animated background (sky). This needed to be also addressed in terms of color correction, as the sky needed to be transitioned +/- seamlessly into the credit sequence.

Here is the logo in question:

On a side note: the design of the logo is once again slightly different from both the poster and Part 1 film versions. The dots over “Ü” have been moved higher. The “C” and “K” have been, unfortunately, separated. However, the R in ZURÜCK has more similarity to the film version from Part 1.

2. TO BE CONCLUDED

The logo for To Be Concluded was localized for the German theatrical release. Here, the LD took a rather odd approach to it. One has to know that for the most parts of the LD, original video was used, and only the German elements were rescanned and cut in. And while the title logo was scanned in the original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the To Be Concluded sequence was actually scanned in 4:3 and then SQUEEZED to fit the 1.85:1 frame, effectively losing vertical resolution. Very weird.

Also noteworthy: the German text actually translates as “TO BE CONTINUED” (not “CONCLUDED”).

3. BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III logo.

At the end of the preview for Part III, we have the German ZIDZ3 logo appearing over a photo of Marty & Doc. Here, we have the same problem as in TO BE CONCLUDED: the 4:3 frame was scanned from German elements and then squeezed to 1.85:1.

4. Audio

The English and German LD audio needed to be included.

5. Subtitles

Here the task was a bit more daunting. The German theatrical version used on-screen subtitles in order to translate 1) the intro intertitle (Saturday…) and the newspaper headings. Also it used blending effects to translate changing newspaper headlines.
The LD re-created those translations digitally, as did the VHS.

Other than that, regular English & German subtitles needed to be included.

PART III: THINGS TO DO

1. Title

Part 3 was quite unique, as the German titles initially seen in theatres and on video actually NEVER was aired on TV. All the TV airings I had seen used either the original English transfer, or a custom-made German title translation made by the TV station. However, the LD did have a German title sequence, and it did look as spectacular as the original, albeit a bit soft.

2. THE END

The German theatrical version actually had a localized THE END title which also looked quite spectacular. and hadn’t been seen since the home video release.

Also noteworthy: the ENDE title has been scanned AND placed in 4:3 as opposed to the 1.85:1 aspect ratio of the rest of the movie. At least, it hasn’t been squeezed.

3. LD audio

As with the previous parts, the LD audio needed to be synched up to the BluRay.

4. Subtitles

Part 3 had the same style location/time intertitles as Part 2. However, these had not been translated for the German theatrical (and video) version, and remained in English. This looked rather odd, considering the lengths they went to animate the German logos. I decided to leave it to the viewer what language he wants to see them in.

Additionally, German and English subtitles needed to be provided as well.

Location/time titles for Part 2 and 3:
I decided to create both English and German location titles as softsubs. The ASS format offers very good flexibility in terms of placement, size and font of the subtitles, and also supports animation like fade in/out.

The font used for the credits is AvantGarde Gothic. However, the numerals in the digital version of Century Gothic do not match the numerals from the movie version (left: movie version, right: AvantGarde Gothic font)

Therefore, I made a custom version of the font which contains the modified numerals (to the right).

I originally planned to use the original video (with English-language intertitles) and block it out by black rectangles (via ASS means). However, after all, I decided against it. First of all, while it looked okay in MPC (my player of choice), some players showed artefacts at fadein/out effects. And second of all, I was going to be editing the video anyway.

AUDIO SYNC

One of the other tasks to achieve with this project was preservation of the original German stereo (Dolby Surround) sound. The problem was that since the DVDs, the German audio had been remixed in 5.1. The quality of these mixes was somehow underwhelming: Part 1 had almost no surround activity, for instance. Therefore, one of the tasks would be to obtain and sync up the original theatrical audio (in German and English).

I could obtain the PCM LD audio (PAL) from Pinheadraiser. These of course needed to be synchronized with the BluRay, especially as they included a side change. Parts I and III were quite straightforward and no problem at all.

However, Part II proved to be the most tedious work. After several attempts I found out that the DVD/BluRay 5.1 German audio that I used for reference, just wouldn’t do. The voices on it were definitely out of sync in the first 45 minutes or so. For Part II, the Cinefacts user DVD Schweizer offered his help. So he resynched the German audio for Part II for me.
Additionally, fan 5.1 mixes by the NIMA4K enthusiasts are provided optionally.

As for English Stereo audio, there already were 4K-synched tracks which were provided to me by PDB from this forum. These needed to be adjusted in delay, but other then that, they were very very fine.

So what this projects will include, is:

• German FLAC 2.0 (German LD audio)
• English FLAC 2.0 (English LD audio)
  And, as separate files:
• German DTS 5.1 (German fan mix by NIMA4K, based on new Atmos mix & old BR DTS-HDMA)
• English DTS-HDMA 5.1 (from the 2020 BluRay)

SUBTITLES

Time intertitles

The issue with locations/time intertitles was already addressed above. These were realized as ASS subtitles, with the proper font (see above) and fade-in/out effects, both in German and English, for Parts II and III.

Newspaper translations

The initial theatrical verson of Part II in Germany had titles translating the relevant newspaper headings. They also had animation for changing newspaper headings. The LD and VHS retained these titles, and thus I reproduced those with the means of ASS subtitles.
One downside to this: depending on the player, fading effects might appear choppy.

Also, I took the liberty to fix any typos like “Mc Fly” instead of “McFly”, or “Pils” instead of “Pilz”.

General subtitles

The English and German subtitles were from the official BluRays. While there was no problem with the English subtitles, the German left to be desired. Translations of running gags and recurring phrases was different between those parts (For instance, “Great Scott!” was translated as “Großer Schotte” in Part I and “Mein Gott” in Parts II and III). I tried to harmonize those translations between parts (as well as for recurring scenes / dialogues).
Also, the italics were absent from the German subs, and were added in retrospect.

Also, the full subtitles were combined with the Time / Newspaper Headings subtitles listed above and formatted in ASS.

Subtitle sample:

So, there are following subtitles options available in this project:

Part I:

• German (by Universal, edited by TheHutt) - ASS
• English (by Universal) - ASS

Parts II & III:

• German (Time Intertitles + Newspaper headings) - ASS - on by default
• English (Time Intertitles) - ASS
• German (by Universal, edited by TheHutt, with Time Intertitles + Newspaper headings) - ASS
• English (by Universal, with Time Intertitles) - ASS

TheHutt said:
However, they somehow forgot to translate the location titles at the beginning.

I’m sure that could be something that can be recreated so long as you have the correct font.

PART ONE: TITLE

First of all, there was the matter of a source. None of which looked too great on Part 1. One has to say, the logo seems to have been customly done by the German distributors, and while it did contain all the original elements of animation, the animation looks rather simpler than the original one.

The LD source looked like this:

Additionally, I had a recording from TV which looked a bit worse.

But this looks even worse, so I stuck with the LD version.

For the upscaling, there was a matter of which process to use. I had some of my AviSynth scripts which were used for Stephen King’s IT project, and the result did look okay.

However, I got a hint that one can achieve quite interesting upscaling results via AI. So I gave it a try.

This way looked quite like an improvement. However, the results looked a tad synthetic to my taste. So what I ended up doing, was:

• Upscaling with AI to 4K resolution
• Adding a slight layer of grain, then downscaling and cropping to FullHD via AVS.

I was quite happy with the results of this workflow, so I stuck with it.

All intermediates were rendered as lossless AVI.

PART ONE: TO BE CONTINUED

As stated above, the aim of the project was to approximate the German home video release of the BTTF trilogy. Therefore, restoring the TO BE CONTINUED title at the end of Part 1 was part of the project.

The LD indeed contained this title.

However, it has a bit suboptimal quality, and also quite a bit of video noise. Especially, because there was a better source available.

The DVD documentary “Back to the Future: Making the Trilogy, Chapter II” does contain almost the entire TO BE CONTINUED sequence. Although it’s in interlaced NTSC letterbox SD format, the contrast and colors are way better.

Once again, I gave it several different treatments trying to upscaling it. The result using the latest AI workflow, looked quite decent.

However, the LD footage didn’t go to waste. It was used to sync up the end credits that were shifted due to the inclusion of the logo.

PART TWO: TITLE

The title sequence in Part II is probably the toughest of all three, due to it being in front of a moving background (sky). Therefore, not only the upscaling needed to be handled, but also the color palette - in a quite limited time, the sky needed to blend to the original HD credits sequence: before Michael J. Fox’ name comes up on-screen.

It’s also worth noting that the German logo is animated (appearing in three parts), but doesn’t have that lighting effects of the original logo. I guess the localizing crew went the easy way and just made the static logo more shiny than the original.

Also, there was an additional issue: the LDs of Parts II and III did have some strange video scan noise, resulting in short black streaks appearing sometimes in the image, for the duration of one frame only. Quite noticeable and quite disturbing defects, actually. On the logo above, you can see one instance of it under the “II” numeral.

So what needed to be done, was:

1. Upscale the logo via AI to 4K (as separate frames),
2. Go through every frame and fix those black streaks by hand.
3. Resize and add some grain via AVS script,
4. Save as lossless AVI
5. Color-correct the AVI in my video editing tool of choice.

Upscale of the logo went down quite nicely. Although a tad synthetic.

This could be rectified with the trusty AVS script for resize.

As for the color correction. I tried several approaches for that, including the great tool by DrDre. However, this didn’t work for me, due to difference in resolution and the limitations in the color palette.

There are some plugins for my video editing tool of choice (Vegas). I first tried the built-in ones, to no avail: there is a rather simple “Color Match” tool, but it produced somehow unsatisfactory result. Then I found a really nice plugin called Palette Mallet. This allows to modify selective hues of color, so for instance, one can change the tone of the cyan sky without touching the red and orange of the logo. This is what I went with. And indeed, it blends with the sky of the rest of the credits rather nicely.

PART TWO: TO BE CONCLUDED

As stated above, the German LD, oddly enough, used the full 4:3 frame squeezed to 1.85:1, resulting in a distorted image of the TO BE CONCLUDED sequence at the end of Part II.

This resulted in a considerable loss of vertical resolution. After several attempts with my workflow chain, I had the following result, which was a little bit unsatisfactory to my liking.

I never would have thought this, but in this case, the 4:3 VHS (provided to me by Pinheadraiser, once again) contained a much better image in terms of resolution (albeit desaturated). Here’s the color-corrected result of my workflow.

PART II: BACK TO THE FUTURE III LOGO

Now this bit was a little bit different to the other ones. As opposed do the rest of the sequences which were just upscales, in this case, it was easier to just take the original HD footage and blend in the static logo for Part III over it.

The one problem was actually acquiring the static logo. The LD had definitely a lack of vertical resolution due to being squeezed vertically, so that logo just would not scale up decently.

Once again, the VHS was somehow desaturated, but the resolution was quite decent.

I scaled it up with AI and could isolate the German logo from the result.

This logo was then overlaid over the HD image of Doc & Marty, and color-corrected the saturation to match.

Also noteworthy that the German title didn’t have the “COMING SUMMER 1990” title (at least, on home video it didn’t) and was also placed lower in the screen than the English one.

PART III: LOGO

The animated logo for Part III actually had a great quality (although a little bit soft) and could therefore be used for upscaling quite well. Although it did have those black streaks all over as well, so these needed to be fixed frame by frame.

Here’s the result after my workflow, with grain added and color correction done.

And here a bit of the lighting animation:

PART III: THE END

The German theatrical version featured the German “ENDE” title.

After upscaling with my workflow, it looks like this:

And here the bit of lighting animation:

I found out that some hardware players might have problems with fading effects in ASS subs.
As a fallback measure, I made two sets of SRT subtitles for II & III. Just the location info, not the newspapers.

They will be added as separate archives to Parts II and III, in case there are any issues with ASS.

Well, for the final stretch… here be Mediainfos.

BACK TO THE FUTURE

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BACK TO THE FUTURE PART II

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01:07:12.862                             : en:Chapter 14
01:14:44.605                             : en:Chapter 15
01:27:59.274                             : en:Chapter 16
01:34:41.967                             : en:Chapter 17
01:37:44.692                             : en:Chapter 18
01:40:35.904                             : en:Chapter 19
01:43:24.156                             : en:Chapter 20

BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III

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Could i please have a download link for the german version?

No links may be posted in public, I’m afraid.

Then I’d settle for a private message, if that’s kosher.