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M  Cover Image DVD DVD

M

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1604659920
  • ISBN: 9781604659924
  • ISBN: 9780780029095
  • ISBN: 0780029097
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
    videodisc
  • Edition: Special ed.
  • Publisher: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004]

Content descriptions

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
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", ©1963).
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematography, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editing, Paul Falkenberg.
Participant or Performer Note: 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.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, standard format (1.19:1); Dolby digital mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
In German, with optional English subtitles.
Subject: Germany
Serial murders
Serial murder investigation
Organized crime
Children Death
Cinéma allemand
Motion pictures, German
Organized crime Germany Drama
Serial murder investigation Germany Drama
Serial murders Germany Drama
Children Death Drama
Genre: Feature films.
Fiction films.
Detective and mystery films.
Film noir.
Feature films.
Film noir
Feature films
Drama
Detective and mystery films
Fiction films
Foreign films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Hood River County Library DVD FIC M (Text) 33892101044247 Adult New DVDs Available -

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