TY  - ADVS
AU  - Lang,Fritz
AU  - Lorre,Peter
AU  - Widmann,Ellen
AU  - Landgut,Inge
AU  - Wernicke,Otto
AU  - Loos,Theodor
AU  - Gründgens,Gustaf
AU  - Harbou,Thea von
AU  - Nebenzal,Seymour
AU  - Wagner,Fritz Arno
AU  - Falkenberg,Paul
AU  - Kaes,Anton
AU  - Rentschler,Eric
AU  - Friedkin,William
AU  - Chabrol,Claude
AU  - Nebenzal,Harold
AU  - Gnass,Friedrich
AU  - Kemp,Paul
AU  - Lingen,Theo
AU  - Blümner,Rudolf
AU  - John,Georg
AU  - Valetti,Rosa
AU  - Odemar,Fritz
ED  - Nero-Film A.G.
ED  - Janus Films.
ED  - Criterion Collection (Firm)
TI  - M
T2  - Criterion collection
SN  - 0780029097
PY  - 2004///]
CY  - [Irvington, N.Y.]
PB  - Criterion Collection
KW  - Children
KW  - Death
KW  - Drama
KW  - Serial murders
KW  - Germany
KW  - Serial murder investigation
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Film noir
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Feature films
KW  - Detective and mystery films
KW  - Thrillers (Motion pictures)
KW  - Fiction films
N1  - 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; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -