| Description |
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (30 pages . : illustrations; 16 cm) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical mono rda |
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video file Blu-ray region A rda |
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Motion picture |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 30 |
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Criterion collection ; 30.
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| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, Region A; requires Blu-ray player; 1.19:1 aspect ratio. |
| Language |
In German (mono) with optional English subtitles; English version available through supplements menu. |
| Cast |
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens. |
| Credits |
Camera, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Paul Falkenberg ; art director, Emil Hasler ; music, Edvard Grieg. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1931. |
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Booklet features an essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman; the script for a missing scene; three contemporaneous newspaper articles; and a 1963 interview with Lang. |
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Special features include: commentary soundtrack by scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler; the long-lost English-language version of M; Conversation with Fritz Lang, a 50-min. film by William Friedkin; documentary on the physical history, from production to distribution to digital restoration; Claude Chabrol's M le maudit, a short film inspired by M, plus a video interview with Chabrol about Lang's filmmaking techniques; Harold Nebenzal interview; Paul Falkenberg's classroom tapes; stills gallery; new, restored high-definition digital transfer. |
| Summary |
When a serial killer is stalking the children of the city, everyone, including the criminal underworld, wants to see him brought down. |
| Subject |
Child molesters -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Serial murders -- Germany -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Children -- Death -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures, German -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Foreign films, German.
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Foreign films.
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Motion pictures, German.
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Mystery films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Detective and mystery films.
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Fiction films.
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Blu-ray discs.
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| Added Author |
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, director, screenwriter.
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Nebenzal, Seymour, producer.
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Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954, screenwriter.
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Lorre, Peter, actor.
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Widmann, Ellen, actor.
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Landgut, Inge, actor.
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Wernicke, Otto, 1893-1965, actor.
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Loos, Theodor, 1883-1954, actor.
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Gründgens, Gustaf, actor.
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Nero-Film A.G.
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| In: |
Snelson (John) Collection (Library of Congress) |
| ISBN |
9781604652727 |
| Standard No. |
715515057714 |
| Music No. |
CC1890BD The Criterion Collection |
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