Synopsis: A simple, haunting phrase whistled off-screen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who is the murderer?†pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann... In his harrowing masterwork, Fritz Lang 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.
Alternate Title(s): Fritz Lang's M, M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, The Murderers Are Among Us
Audio Commentary by German film scholar Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry Of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife and Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M
Conversation with Fritz Lang, an interview film by William Friedkin
Claude Chabrol's M Le Maudit, a short film inspired by Mplus an interview with Chabrol by Pierre-Henri Gibert and Lang's filmmaking techniques.
Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history
Interview with Harold Nebenzal, the son of M producer Seymour Nebenzal
A physical history of M
Stills gallery with behind the scenes photos, and production sketches by art director Emil Hasler
Booklet featuring an essay by film critic Stanely Kauffmann, a 1963 interview with Lang and the script for a missing scene, and contemporaneous newspaper articles
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