M le maudit Conversation with Fritz Lang. Physical history of M.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1931. Mono, full screen 1.33:1. Features: audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes, author of the BFI film Classics volume on M, and Eric Rentscher, author of "The ministry of illusion : Nazi cinema and its afterlife;" Conversation with Fritz Lang; Claude Chabrol's "M le mauit," a short film inspired by M, plus a video interiew with Chabrol about Lang's filmmaking techniques; video interiew with Harold Nebenzal, son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal; classroom audiotapes of editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history; documentary on the physical history of M, from production to distribution to digital restoration; galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and production sketches; 1963 interview with Lang. Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut.
Contents:
Disc 1. The film -- Disc 2. The supplements. Conversation with Fritz Lang / William Friedkin -- M le maudit / Claude Chabrol -- Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history -- Interview with Harold Nebenzal -- A physical history of M -- Stills gallery, with behind-the-scenes photos and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler.
Summary:
A psychopathic child murderer is hunted by both the police and the criminal underworld.
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