M / a Janus Films release ; Regie, Fritz Lang ; Drehbuch, Thea von Harbou und Fritz Lang ; Nero-Film Zeigt.
A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
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| Alternate Title: | Fritz Lang's M. |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | German English |
| Published: | [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998] |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
30. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Genre: | Feature films Crime films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) DVD-Video discs. Fiction films. |
| Summary: | A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Presented in original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Paul Falkenberg ; music, Edvard Grieg. |
| ISBN: | 0780021150 |
| Participant or Performer: | Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens. |
| Language: | In German with optional English subtitles ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired. |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |