Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) consisted of two 45-minute Monty Python German television comedy specials produced by WDR for West German television. The two episodes were first broadcast in January and December 1972 and were shot entirely on film and mostly on location in Bavaria, with the first episode recorded in German and the second recorded in English and then dubbed into German.

These shows have been upgraded to high definition after extensive restoration from the original source material.

Monty Python’s Fliegender Zirkus

Show 1 (3 January 1972)

Show 2 (18 December 1972)

BONUS FEATURES

Euroshow 1971

Mountain Stream Outtake

(Outtake from Show 1)

Swimming Lessons with Arthur Lustgarten

(Outtake from Show 2)

Montreux Special

Restoration Demo

REGION CODING: A/B/C

SPECT RATIO: 1920x1080 16:9 (4:3 PB)

BD FORMAT: 1 x BD

BD AUDIO: Dual Channel Mono

SUBTITLES: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol [LA]

TOTAL RUN TIME: 131 mins

CERTIFICATION: BBFC 15, FSK 12  

Show 1 (Original air date: 3 January 1972) – An Introduction to Monty Python

by Frau Newsreader Claudia Doren; Carrying the Olympic Torch; Albrecht Durer

Documentary; Anita Ekberg sings Albrecht Durer; “The Merchant of Venice”

Performed by a Herd of Cows; Doctor Breeder; The Flasher Animation; Little Red

Riding Hood; Silly Olympics; Stake Your Claim; “The Lumberjack Song”; Bavarian

Restaurant

Show 2 (Original air date: 18 December 1972) – William Tell; Common Market Sex

Maniacs; Sycophancy; Mouse Reserve / Fish Park; Chicken Mining; German vs.

Greek Philosophers’ Football Match; Colin “Bomber” Harris vs. Colin “Bomber”

Harris; Philosophers’ Football Match, 2nd Half; 10 Seconds of Sex; I Want a

Hearing Aid; The Tale of Happy Valley (The Princess with the Wooden Teeth)

Bonus Features

Euroshow 1971

Monty Python’s contribution to the German-produced Euroshow 1971, airing on

May Day, featuring contributions from entertainers from across Europe. The

Pythons examine the various British “traditions” in their observation of May

Day, including the Fish-Slapping Dance, the annual return of the overdue library

book, the Women’s Guild reinterpretation of the beginning of spring, and many

more celebrations.

Montreux Special – The BBC’s entry into The Rose d’Or Awards in 1971

Content: Scott of The Sahara; Face The Press; New Cooker Sketch; The Semaphore

Version of Wuthering Heights; Julius Caesar on an Aldis Lamp; Exploding Version

of “The Blue Danube”; The Ministry of Silly Walks; Blackmail; Newsreader

Arrested / Erotic Film.

Restoration Demo

Feature demonstrating the restoration required to bring Monty Python’s Flying

Circus to the highest quality possible.