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M - Criterion Collection (Special Edition) (1931)
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| Starring: | Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gerhard Bienert, Georg John, Alfred Loretto, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Franz Stein, Fritz Odemar, Gustaf Grundgens, Theo Lingen, Paul Kemp, Rosa Valetti |
| Director: | Fritz Lang |
| Genre: | Foreign, Germany, Mystery/Thriller, Crime |
| Year: | 1931 |
| Studio: | Criterion |
| Length: | 110 minutes |
| Released: | December 7, 2004 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | German(Original Language), English(Subtitled) |
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SYNOPSIS: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.
In this harrowing masterwork M, 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. The Criterion Collection is proud to present a new restoration of this landmark film.
BONUS FEATURES:
DISC 1:
- Audio Commentary by German Film Scholars Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M and Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry Of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife
DISC 2:
- A Conversation with Fritz Lang - A 50 minute interview 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 and Lang's filmmaking techniques.
- Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history
- Interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal
- A physical history of M
- Stills gallery with behind the scenes photos, and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler
- PLUS: A 32 Page Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stanely Kauffmann, a 1963 interview with Lang and the script for a missing scene, and contemporaneous newspaper articles
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