There's only one new really outstanding DVD-Release I purchased in 2007 and though it's non-english friendly, I post it here because I hope that some American Company will pick this important and special film up one day. 

" Detektive " (1968/69) is certainly one of the most interesting and important West German films of the 60s and though almost forgotten today (as well as its remarkable director who keeps on filming, Rudolf Thome ), it received a gorgeous 2-Disc-Release by Kinowelt . German Films which are not known in Germany itself mostly never appear this way. 

The image quality is far from perfect but still pretty good, especially because Kinowelt / Arthaus (not exactly a great company by all means) did a new transfer which preserved the film's original 1:2,35 aspect ratio instead of using an old TV master (they often do): 


The 2nd DVD includes a 1h Interview with Rudolf Thome, as well as a 30 Minute Interview with Actress Iris Berben, Actor Ulli Lommel and the original theatrical Trailer (which makes the film look like a cheap B-Movie-Copy of "Breathless") as well as a Booklet. The whole thing is packaged like a book, btw. 

If you know a company which would maybe release this film in the USA, suggest it. If only Quentin Tarantino could see this, he would feel sorry for admiring himself so much. 

Of course, only the original German Audio and German Subtitles...