M Blu-ray

Release Year: 1931

Runtime: 110 min

Director: Fritz Lang

Cast: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos

Studios: Nero-Film AG

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Special Features:

Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes and Eric Rentschler

The long-lost English-language version of M, from a nitrate print preserved by the British Film Institute

Conversation with Fritz Lang

A 50-minute film by William Friedkin.

Claude Chabrol’s M le maudit

A short film inspired by M, plus a video interview with Chabrol about Lang’s filmmaking techniques.

Video interview with Harold Nebenzal, son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal

Classroom audiotapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history, set to clips from the movie

Documentary on the physical history of M, from production to distribution to digital restoration

Gallery of behind-the-scenes photographs and production sketches

Technical Specifications:

• 110 minutes
• Black & White
• Monaural
• In German with English subtitles
• 1.19:1 aspect ratio