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M / Nero-Film zeigt ; Regie, Fritz Lang ; Drehbuch, Thea von Harbou und Fritz Lang. - Special ed. , Germany - [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004] - 2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm). - Criterion collection ; 30 . - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 30. .

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).

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.

Cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg. Cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.

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.

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; NTSC, standard format (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.


In German, with optional English subtitles.

0780029097 9780780029095

037429197820 715515145213

MMM030 Criterion Collection CC2480DDVD Criterion Collection


Children--Death--Drama.
Serial murders--Germany--Drama.
Serial murder investigation--Germany--Drama.
Organized crime--Germany--Drama.


Film noir.
Feature films.
Detective and mystery films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.

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