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Uniform Title M (Motion picture)
Title M [videorecording] / Nero-Film Zeigt ; ein Fritz Lang Film.

Imprint [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, c2004.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  791.4372 M1 2004  Disc 1    ---  Available
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  791.4372 M1 2004  Disc 2    ---  Available
Edition Special ed.; standard format (1.19:1).
Description 2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (unp. : ill. ; 18 cm.)
Series Criterion collection ; 30
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 30.
System Details DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Language In German, with optional English subtitles.
Cast Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Grundgens, Friedrich Gnass, Fritz Odemar, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen, Rudolf Blumner, Georg John, Rosa Valetti.
Credits Screenplay, Fritz Lang, Thea von Habou ; cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.
Note Cast list and production credits from program notes.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931.
Special features (disc 1): optional audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes & Eric Rentschler; color bars.
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.
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).
Summary When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down.
Contents Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. Conversation with Fritz Lang / William Friedkin -- M le maudit / Claude Chabrol -- Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history -- Interview with Harold Nebenzal -- A physical history of M -- Stills gallery, with behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Subject Serial murders -- Germany -- Drama.
Serial murder investigation -- Germany -- Drama.
Organized crime -- Germany -- Drama.
Genre/Form Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Feature films.
Feature films -- Germany.
Added Author Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976.
Lorre, Peter, 1904-1964.
Widmann, Ellen.
Landgut, Inge.
Wernicke, Otto, 1893-1965.
Loos, Theodor, 1883-1954.
Grundgens, Gustaf.
Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954.
Wagner, Fritz Arno, 1894-1958.
Falkenberg, Paul.
Kaes, Anton.
Rentschler, Eric.
Friedkin, William, 1935-2023.
Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010.
Nebenzal, Harold.
Nero-Film A.G.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Added Title Conversation with Fritz Lang.
M le maudit.
Physical history of M.
ISBN 0780029097
9780780029095
Standard No. 037429197820
Music No. MMM030 Criterion Collection
Standard No. NZ1 9058071
AU@ 000028258274
NZ1 10864756

 
    
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