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M (1931)

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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 37  Rotten:0 Average Rating: 9/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Theatrical Release: 00-00-0000

Synopsis: In Fritz Lang's startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the criminal minds of the underworld want him dead. Filmed in post-Weimar Germany during the infancy of the Nazi state, this... In Fritz Lang's startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the criminal minds of the underworld want him dead. Filmed in post-Weimar Germany during the infancy of the Nazi state, this tale of moral depravity serves not just as an allegory for the need of justice for all, but as an ominous foreshadowing of the sort of societal hysteria that leads to cultural witch hunts. Originally titled "Morder Unter Uns" ("Murderers Among Us"), M was one of Peter Lorre's (CASABLANCA) first major film roles. Fritz Lang's expressionistic eye plunges into the dark cityscape of Berlin, as he follows the killer whistling down the street, seducing small children with toys and candy, and eventually fleeing for his life. A city paralyzed by fear, and a vast criminal underground network of blind beggars, thieves and murderers, as well as an unforgettable climax notable for its startling statement about the murderous nature which resides within human beings, are all rendered in Lang's painterly cinematography of sharp angles, dark corners and breakneck pacing. [More]

Genre: Foreign Films

Starring: Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos

Director: Fritz Lang
Producer: Seymour Nebenzal
Screenwriter: Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Paul Falkenberg, Adolf Jansen, Karl Vash
Composer: Edvard Grieg

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 12, 2004

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Note: This release contains an improved English subtitle translation
  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.19
  • Monaural - German

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Eric Rentschler - German Film Scholar
  • 2. Anton Kaes - Author
  • Production Interview - 1. CONVERSATION WITH FRITZ LANG - Interview film by William Friedkin
  • 2. Harold Nebenzal - Son of M Producer Seymour Nebenzal
  • Featurette - 1. Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and it's history
  • 2. A physical history of M
  • Bonus Feature/Short - 1. M LE MAUDIT - Claude Chabrol's

Text/Photo Gallery:

  • Stills Gallery
  • Behind The Scenes Photos
  • Production Sketches by Art Director Emil Hasler

Additional Products:

  • Booklet

Reviews

 
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A subversive film, or more simply a movie brimming over with the ferment of Lang's imagination at its height? You choose.

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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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M is one of director Lang's many greats.

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Keith H. Brown
Edinburgh U Film Society
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Fascinating early talkie that made Peter Lorre a star as child murderer hunted by all.

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02/24/08
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com
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Peter Lorre's finest performance, and a truly significant socially-themed film.

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06/29/07
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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03/16/07
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly
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The moral issues are complex and deftly handled: Lorre is at once entirely innocent and absolutely evil. Lang's detached, modified expressionist style gives the action a plastic beauty.

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02/09/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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An extraordinary, good, impressive and strong talker. Again fine work by Fritz Lang, and his wife and helper, Thea von Harbou.

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11/11/06
Variety Staff
Variety
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Remarkable early look at scientific and police detection - and of a city in fear

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08/22/06
Michael E. Grost
Classic Film and Television
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Even after 75 years, Fritz Lang's first German talkie works beautifully as a carefully constructed thriller and police procedural.

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12/06/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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10/07/05
Michael Szymanski
International Press Academy
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No review available.

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06/22/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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M is the most dynamic profile of a serial killer in film.

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01/15/05
Rumsey Taylor
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
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It’s creepy and masterful with many indelible scenes and a knockout performance by Peter Lorre.

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01/10/05
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal
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It's clear that Lang was ahead of most of his peers in grasping the promise of the motion picture form.

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12/13/04
Matt Brunson
Creative Loafing
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A rather cold masterpiece.

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12/13/04
D.K. Holm
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03/26/04
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion
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very likely the greatest film of one of cinema's greatest directors

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02/21/04
Jake Euker
Filmcritic.com
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10/15/03
Jurgen Fauth
About.com
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09/22/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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No review available.

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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