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#4568
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Crime, Thriller
"An unmistakable classic...Entirely unforgettable."-Halliwell's Film Guide
A simple, haunting phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. "Who is the murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann...
In this harrowing masterwork , Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller. The Criterion Collection is proud to present a new restoration of this landmark film.
Germany / German
| Peter Lorre | Franz Becker |
| Ellen Widmann | Madame Beckmann |
| Inge Landgut | Elsie Beckmann |
| Otto Wernicke | Insp. Karl Lohmann |
| Theodor Loos | Police Commissioner Groeber |
| Gustaf Gründgens | Schraenker |
| Friedrich Gnaß | Franz (the burglar) |
| Fritz Odemar | Dynamiter |
| Paul Kemp | Pickpocket with six watches |
| Theo Lingen | Bauernfaenger |
| Georg John |
| Director | Fritz Lang |
| Writer | Egon Jacobson; Fritz Lang |
A simple, haunting phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. "Who is the murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann...
In this harrowing masterwork , Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller. The Criterion Collection is proud to present a new restoration of this landmark film.
| Edition Details | |
| Distributor | Criterion |
| Barcode | 037429197820 |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Release Date | 2002 |
| Packaging | Custom Case |
| Screen Ratio | Standard 1.33:1 B&W |
| Subtitles | English |
| Audio Tracks | GERMAN: Dolby Digital Mono |
| Layers | Single Side, Single Layer |
| No. of Disks/Tapes | 2 |
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| Purchase Price | $39.95 |
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Features
| Disc 1: | Audio Commentary by German film scholar Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry Of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife and Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M Conversation with Fritz Lang, an interview film by William Friedkin Claude Chabrol's M Le Maudit, a short film inspired by Mplus an interview with Chabrol by Pierre-Henri Gibert and Lang's filmmaking techniques. Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history Interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal A physical history of M Stills gallery with behind the scenes photos, and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stanely Kauffmann, a 1963 interview with Lang and the script for a missing scene, and contemporaneous newspaper articles |