M
(DVD)

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Contributors
Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, screenwriter,
Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954, screenwriter.
Lorre, Peter, actor.
Widmann, Ellen, actor.
Landgut, Inge, actor.
Published
[United States] : Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema, [1998]., [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998].
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Child molesters -- Drama.
Child molesters -- Germany -- Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Detective and mystery films.
DVD-Video discs.
DVD-Video discs.
Feature films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures -- Germany.
Motion pictures, German.
Murderers -- Drama.
Murderers -- Germany -- Düsseldorf -- Drama.
Serial murderers -- Drama.
Serial murderers -- Germany -- Drama.
Serial murders -- Drama.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
OCLC Fast Subjects
Child molesters.
Drama.
Serial murderers.
Other Subjects
Feature films -- Germany.
Foreign language films -- German.

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Published
[United States] : Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema, [1998]., [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [1998].
Format
DVD
Language
ger
UPC
037429126523

Notes

General Note
Originally issued as a motion picture in 1931.
General Note
Presented in original 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Creation/Production Credits
Camera, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Paul Falkenberg ; music, Edvard Grieg.
Participants/Performers
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens.
Description
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.
Description
Based on an actual case, M is an exploration of the most dreaded type of all deviant personalities. The random killer. 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. Based on the Dusseldorf child murders of 1929. Peter Lorre plays the murderer who is finally hunted down by the city's organized crime syndicate.
System Details
DVD ; Dolby digital mono.
Language
In German with optional English subtitles.
Language
Closed captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Lang, F., Harbou, T. v., Lorre, P., Widmann, E., Landgut, I., Wernicke, O., Loos, T., Gründgens, G., Falkenberg, P., & Grieg, E. (1998). M . Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fritz Lang et al.. 1998. M. Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fritz Lang et al.. M Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema, 1998.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Lang, Fritz, et al. M Atlantic-Film S.A. : Home Vision Cinema, 1998.

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