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Summary:

When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.

Contributors:

Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976 , director, screenwriter

Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954 , screenwriter

Lorre, Peter , actor

Widmann, Ellen , actor

Landgut, Inge , actor

Wernicke, Otto, 1893-1965 , actor

Loos, Theodor, 1883-1954 , actor

Gründgens, Gustaf , actor

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Nero-Film A.G. , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Janus Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Languages:

German
English

Language Notes:

In German with optional English subtitles; English version available in special features.

Included Works:

M (Motion picture)

M (Motion picture) (English)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 30

Subjects:

Child molesters — Germany — Drama

Serial murders — Germany — Drama

Children — Death — Drama

Motion pictures, German

Child molesters

Children — Death

Serial murders

Germany

Children

Genres:

Motion pictures

Detective and mystery films

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Crime films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; mono sound.

Performers:

Cast: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens.

Production Credits:

Photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.

General Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
Full screen (1.19:1).
Booklet features an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman; the script for a missing scene; three contemporaneous newspaper articles; and a 1963 interview with Lang.
Special features include: commentary soundtrack by scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler; the long-lost English-language version of M; Conversation with Fritz Lang, a 50-minute film by William Friedkin; documentary on the physical history, from production to distribution to digital restoration; Claude Chabrol's M le maudit, a short film inspired by M, plus a video interview with Chabrol about Lang's filmmaking techniques; Harold Nebenzal interview; Paul Falkenberg's classroom tapes; stills gallery; new, restored high-definition digital transfer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (30 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

1.19:1; full screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

M 1931 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604652727
1604652721

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515057714
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: CC1890BD

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2020600285

OCLC Numbers:

631891643