A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen 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 M, 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.

TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• Restored high-definition digital transfer
• Audio commentary by German film scholars Anton Kaes, author of the BFI Film Classics volume on M, and Eric Rentschler, author of The Ministry of Illusion: Nazi Cinema and Its Afterlife
• 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 editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and its history, set to clips from the film
• Documentary on the physical history of M, from production to distribution to digital restoration
• Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and production sketches
• New and improved English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Stanley Kauffmann and a 1963 interview with Lang

• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Fritz Lang
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Black & White, Full Screen, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 50 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ April 14, 2015
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Peter Lorre
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Criterion Collection (Direct)
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2