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When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. The story is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929.

DVD  - 2004
GERMAN FIC M
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  • ISBN: 9781604659924
  • Physical Description videodisc
    2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
  • Edition Special ed.
  • Publisher [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes & Eric Rentschler; color bars.
Special features (disc 2): "Conversation with Fritz Lang" by William Friedkin (c1975, 49 min.); "M le maudit" short film by Claude Chabrol (c1982, 11 min.); interview with Chabrol about Lang (7 min.); interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of producer Seymour Nebenzal (c2004, 14 min.); classroom tapes of editor Paul Falkenberg discussing "M" and its history (c1976-1977, 36 min.); "The physical history of M" featurette (c2004, 25 min.); gallery, with production stills, behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Booklet includes an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman ("The mark of 'M'"); 3 contemporaneous articles about the film ("My film 'M' : a factual report", "Fritz Lang's 'M' : filmed sadism" & "Gangsters, too, have their professional honor"); interview with Lang by Gero Gandert ("Fritz Lang on 'M' : an interview", c1963).
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. Conversation with Fritz Lang / William Friedkin -- M le maudit / Claude Chabrol -- Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history -- Interview with Harold Nebenzal -- A physical history of M -- Stills gallery, with behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.
Participant or Performer Note: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens, Friedrich Gnass, Fritz Odemar, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen, Rudolf Blümner, Georg John, Rosa Valetti.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, standard format (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.
Language Note:
In German, with optional English subtitles.

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Four years after his silent masterwork Metropolis, Fritz Lang made particularly creative use of sound in this harrowing story of a serial killer (and likely pedophile) of young girls. Peter Lorre is superb as the bug-eyed "monster," a character who almost manages to become sympathetic in the face of his underworld pursuers. Magnificently restored and filled with bells and whistles-audio commentary, a 1963 director interview, a short film, and more-this landmark film is essential for serious collections. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.