M
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Published
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
German
UPC
715515145213

Notes

General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
General Note
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes & Eric Rentschler; color bars.
General Note
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.
General Note
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).
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; NTSC, standard format (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.
Language
In German, with optional English subtitles.

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Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lang, F., Lorre, P., Widmann, E., Landgut, I., Wernicke, O., Loos, T., Gründgens, G., Harbou, T. v., Nebenzal, S., Wagner, F. A., Falkenberg, P., Kaes, A., Rentschler, E., Friedkin, W., Chabrol, C., Nebenzal, H., Gnass, F., Kemp, P., Lingen, T., Blümner, R., John, G., Valetti, R., & Odemar, F. (2004). M (Special ed.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fritz Lang et al.. 2004. M. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fritz Lang et al.. M Criterion Collection, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lang, Fritz, et al. M Special ed., Criterion Collection, 2004.

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