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

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:M (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Nero-Film A.G, Atlantic-Film S.A, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, Lorre, Peter, Widmann, Ellen, Landgut, Inge, Gründgens, Gustaf
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:In German with optional new and improved English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Edition:Special ed. double-disc set.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 30.
Subjects:
Description
Summary:When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, want to see him brought down.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
Aspect ratio 1.19:1.
New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Special 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. "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 ; 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.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Format:DVD; Dolby digital, mono.
Audience:FILM.
Not rated.
Production Credits:Camera, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Paul Falkenberg ; music, Edvard Grieg.
ISBN:0780029097