 In the german (TV and Video) version several parts of the french original are  cut (maybe also in the cinema release). Some of them are taken out because  some gags wouldnt run without the differences between the languages used in  the original (french, german and english). Thats for example the quite funny  scene when Claudio Brook reveals himself as english in the train, saying  "Thank you" for getting the salt (as far as I remember). The german version  just comes into the angry view of a german officer who commands to arrest the  English soldier. Some parts are cut without any obvious reason 