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M (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

M (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]
Criterion

May 11th, 2010







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Rating: 4.6 / 5.0 (170 votes)

Released: 2010-05-11

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M (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] by Criterion

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Director
Fritz Lang		 Studio
Criterion		 Runtime
110		 Rated
Unrated		 Binding
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Description

A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who is the Murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert, played by Peter Lorre (Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon), closes in on little Elsie Beckmann. In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang (Metropolis, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse) 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.

Actors

  • Peter Lorre
  • Otto Wernicke
  • Gustaf Gründgens
  • Ellen Widmann
  • Inge Landgut

Format

  • Black & White
  • Subtitled

Editorial Review

Peter Lorre made film history with his startling performance as a psychotic murderer of children. Too elusive for the Berlin police, the killer is sought and marked by underworld criminals who are feeling the official fallout for his crimes. This riveting, 1931 German drama by Fritz Lang–an early talkie–unfolds against a breathtakingly expressionistic backdrop of shadows and clutter, an atmosphere of predestination that seems to be closing in on Lorre's terrified villain. M is an important piece of cinema's past along with a number of Lang's early German works, including Metropolis and Spies. (Lang eventually brought his influence directly to the American cinema in such films as Fury, They Clash by Night, and The Big Heat.) M shouldn't be missed. This original 111-minute version is a little different from what most people have seen in theaters. –Tom Keogh

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Blu-ray		 Aspect Ratio
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