Missing scenes from THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF GUERRIN MESCHINO (1953) Blu-ray

A new French Blu-ray from Artus Films of THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF GUERRIN MESCHINO was released recently. It's great to see it in HD. I wrote about here here. The problem is, thanks to a tip from my friend in Europe, there are several missing scenes in it compared to the original Italian version. There's one scene in particular, the one with the giant, that entirely cut. Why? It devalues the Blu-ray release. Here's a quick rundown of those scenes I've noticed.

Above and below: The introduction is missing a painted representation of Guerrin Meschino's adventures, including images of the crocodile and the giant. Is it important? Not really but it's fun and original so yeah, cutting it was stupid.

 

This scene with secondary characters is missing/abbreviated. 

 

The entire scene about the giant, pictured in the intro, is missing. It starts with Guerrin and friend who come across a statue of the giant. They eventually meet the terrifying (albino?) giant. The friend is hung upside down and Guerrin battles with him (last screenshot). There's some violence but I really don't know why this entire scene was cut in the French version. It's one of the major highlights of the movie.

 

So, we're back to zero now. These scenes might seem minor but they're not. The movie is called Adventures not Adventure...and cutting one of the major adventures of our hero is dumb. This Pietro Francisci movie needs to be released on Blu-ray uncut.