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Title:
M [DVD video]
Edition:
Special ed.
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780780029095
Abstract:
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. The story is based on the Düsseldorf child murders of 1929.
General Note:
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.
Performers:
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens, Friedrich Gnass, Fritz Odemar, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen, Rudolf Blümner, Georg John, Rosa Valetti.
Contents:
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements.
Technical Details:
DVD; NTSC, standard format (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.
Language:
German
Additional Language:
In German, with optional English subtitles.
