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DVD - 2005

"A simple, haunting phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. 'Who is the murderer?' pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann ... Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller"--Container.

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Subjects
Children > Death > Drama.
Serial murders > Germany > Drama.
Serial murder investigation > Germany > Drama.
Organized crime > Germany > Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films.
Police films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Crime films
Police films
Fiction films
Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection 2005.
Language
German
English
Corporate Author
Nero-Film A.G
Corporate Author
Nero-Film A.G (production company)
Other Authors
Fritz Lang, 1890-1976 (film director), Thea von Harbou, 1888-1954 (screenwriter), Seymour Nebenzal (film producer), Peter Lorre (actor), Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Gustaf Gründgens, Otto Wernicke, 1893-1965, Theodor Loos, 1883-1954
Edition
Special edition double-disc set; full screen
Item Description
Special features (Disc 1): audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler.
Special features (Disc 2): Conversation with Fritz Lang, a 50-minute film by William Friedkin; Claude Chabrol's M le maudit, a short film inspired by M, plus an interview with Chabrol by Pierre-Henri Gibert about Lang's filmmaking techniques; interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal; classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history; A physical history of M; stills gallery, with behind-the-scenes photos, and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Accompanying booklet includes an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman; contemporaneous newspaper articles about the film; a 1963 interview with Lang; and the script for a missing scene.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931.
Full screen (1.19:1).
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
Playing Time
01:50:00
Production Credits
Photography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; sets, Emil Hasler, Karl Vollbrecht ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.
ISBN
9780780029095
  • Disc 1. The film
  • Disc 2. The supplements.
Review by Library Journal Review

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.

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