M [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

M [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
, Ellen Widmann
Ellen Widmann
, Inge Landgut
Inge Landgut
, Otto Wernicke
Otto Wernicke
Fritz Lang
M [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

M [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]

Director: Fritz Lang Cast: Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
, Ellen Widmann
Ellen Widmann
, Inge Landgut
Inge Landgut
, Otto Wernicke
Otto Wernicke
Fritz Lang

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Overview

Fritz Lang's classic early talkie crime melodrama is set in 1931 Berlin. The police are anxious to capture an elusive child murderer (Peter Lorre), and they begin rounding up every criminal in town. The underworld leaders decide to take the heat off their activities by catching the child killer themselves. Once the killer is fingered, he is marked with the letter "M" chalked on his back. He is tracked down and captured by the combined forces of the Berlin criminal community, who put him on trial for his life in a kangaroo court. The killer pleads for mercy, whining that he can't control his homicidal instincts. The police close in and rescue the killer from the underworld so that he can stand trial again in "respectable" circumstances. Some prints of the film end with a caution to the audience to watch after their children more carefully. Filmed in Germany, M was the film that solidified Fritz Lang's reputation with American audiences, and it also made a star out of Peter Lorre (previously a specialist in comedy roles!). M was remade by Hollywood in 1951, with David Wayne giving a serviceable performance as the killer.

Product Details

Release Date: 03/21/2010
UPC: 0715515057714
Original Release: 1931
Source: Criterion Collection
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:50:00
Sales rank: 1,098

Special Features

Audio commentary by german film scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler; The long-lost english-language version of m, from a nitrate print preserved by the british film institute; Conversation with Fritz-lang, a 50-minute film by William Friendkin; Claude Chabrol's M Le Mandit, a short film inspired by William Friedkin; Claude Chabrol's M Le Mandit, a short film inspired by M, plus a video interview with Chabrol about Lang's filmmaking techniques; Video interview with Harold Nebenzal, son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal; Classroom audiotapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history, set to clips from the movie; Documentary on physical history of M, from production to distribution to digital restoration; Gallery of behind-the-scenes photographs and production sketches; Plus: a booklet featuring as essay by film critic Stanley Kauffman, the script for a missing scene, three contemporaneous newspaper articles, and a 1963 interview with Lang

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Peter Lorre Franz Becker
Ellen Widmann Mother
Inge Landgut Child
Otto Wernicke Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theo Lingen Bauernfaenger
Theodor Loos Police Commissioner Groeber
Georg John Blind Peddler
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur Police Chief
Paul Kemp Pickpocket
Franz Stein Minister
Rudolf Blumner Defense Attorney
Karl Platen Watchman
Gerhard Bienert Police Secretary
Rosa Valetti Servant,Landlady
Hertha von Walther Prostitute
Fritz Odemar The Cheater
Friedrich Gnass Burglar
Heinrich Gretler Actor
Lotte Lobinger Actor
Isenta Actor,Woman
Leonard Steckel Karchow
Albert Karchow Actor
Edgar Pauly Actor
Werner Kepich Actor
Gunther Neumann Actor
Hermann Krehan Actor
Josef Almas Actor
Kurth Actor
Carl Balthaus Actor
Leeser Actor,Actor
Hans Behal Actor
Rosa Lichenstein Actor
Carell Actor
Sigurd Lohde Actor
Hugo Doblin Actor
Alfred Loretto Actor
J.A. Eckhoff Actor
Mascheck Actor
Else Ehser Actor
Matthis Actor
Karl Elzer Actor
Paul Mederow Actor
Erwin Faber Actor
Margarete Melzer Actor
Ilse Furstenberg Actor
Trude Moss Actor
Gelingk Actor
Hadrian M. Netto Actor
Goldstein Actor
Nied Actor
Anna Goltz Actor
Klaus Pohl Actor
Heinrich Gotho Actor
Franz Polland Actor
Gunther Hadank Actor,Actor
Rebane Actor
Robert Hartberg Actor
Paul Rehkopf Actor
Ernst Paul Hempel Actor
Reihsig Actor
Oskar Hocker Actor
Rhaden Actor
Albert Hoermann Actor
Hans Ritter Actor
Max Sablotski Actor
Alexander Sascha Actor
Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld Actor
Karl Heinz Stroux Actor
Swinborne Actor
Wolf Trutz Actor
Otto Waldis Actor
Borwin Walth Actor
Rolf Wanka Actor
Gelin Wannemann Actor
Ernst Wulf Actor
Bruno Ziener Actor
Josef Damen Actor
Maja Norden Actor
Gustav Gründgens Safecracker,Schränker
Rudolf Blümner Beckert's defender
Behal Carrell Actor
Josef Dahmen Actor
Ilse Fürstenberg Actor
Karl Swinburne Man
Rose Lichtenstein Actor
Lotte Loebinger Woman
Hanna Maron Girl in circle at the beginning
Hugo Döblin Actor
Adolf Jansen Composer
Edvard Grieg Composer

Technical Credits
Fritz Lang Director,Screenwriter
Thea von Harbou Screenwriter
Seymour Nebenzal Producer
Paul Falkenberg Sound Effects
Egon Jacobson Screenwriter
Adolf Jansen Sound Effects
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