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M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Mary Norden (Actor) | Paul Kemp (Actor) | Peter Lorre (Actor) | Hermann Neumann (Actor)
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M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version)
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All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.1 out of 10 (9)

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In Fritz Lang's startling and exquisite film M, fear stalks the streets of Berlin in the form of a serial child murderer whose grisly accomplishments are so heinous even the criminal minds of the underworld want him dead. Filmed in post-Weimar Germany during the infancy of the Nazi state, this tale of moral depravity serves not just as an allegory for the need of justice for all, but as an ominous foreshadowing of the sort of societal hysteria that leads to cultural witch hunts. Originally titled "Morder Unter Uns" ("Murderers Among Us"), M was one of Peter Lorre's (CASABLANCA) first major film roles. Fritz Lang's expressionistic eye plunges into the dark cityscape of Berlin, as he follows the killer whistling down the street, seducing small children with toys and candy, and eventually fleeing for his life. A city paralyzed by fear, and a vast criminal underground network of blind beggars, thieves and murderers, as well as an unforgettable climax notable for its startling statement about the murderous nature which resides within human beings, are all rendered in Lang’s painterly cinematography of sharp angles, dark corners and breakneck pacing.

"...What a haunting film it is..." - Roger, Ebert (Critic and screenwriter), Chicago Sun-Times, 08/03/1997

"...M is a dazzling film that, seven decades on, remains as innovative as it is unsettling..." - Kevin, Harley (Total Film Critic), Total Film, 11/01/2003

"...The genius of M is that despite the movie's expanded sensorial universe, it's what you don't see or hear that makes this Berlin crime thriller so terrifying..." - Premiere Staff (Premiere Staff), Premiere, 12/01/2003

"The film itself remains as potent as ever. What's really striking is the eerie pathos of Peter Lorre's performance." - Geoffrey, Macnab (Sight And Sound Critic), Sight and Sound, 12/01/2003

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Product Title: M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version) M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version) M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version) M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version) M (Special Edition Double Disc Set) (US Version)
Also known as: M, MURDER AMONG US/M, MORDER UNTER UNS M, MURDER AMONG US/M, MORDER UNTER UNS M, MURDER AMONG US/M, MORDER UNTER UNS M, MURDER AMONG US/M, MORDER UNTER UNS M, MURDER AMONG US/M, MORDER UNTER UNS
Artist Name(s): Mary Norden (Actor) | Paul Kemp (Actor) | Peter Lorre (Actor) | Hermann Neumann (Actor) | Rosa Valetti (Actor) | Otto Wernicke (Actor) | Karl Waldis (Actor) | Theodor Loos (Actor) | Else Lohde (Actor) | Carl Almas (Actor) | Gustaf Gründgens (Actor) | Albert Goltz (Actor) | Maja Sablotski (Actor) | Sigurd Leeser (Actor) | Inge Landgut (Actor) | Emil Zeiner (Actor) | Agnes Hadank (Actor) | Paul Loretto (Actor) | Heinrich Gretler (Actor) | Trude Matthis (Actor) | Gelin Hocker (Actor) | Ernst Rhaden (Actor) | Fritz Arno Walth (Actor) | Friedrich Gnass (Actor) | Paul Swinborne (Actor) | Gustav Wanka (Actor) | Adolf Trutz (Actor) | Alexander Polland (Actor) | Hans Pohl (Actor) | Paul Netto (Actor) | J.A. Carell (Actor) | Gunther Kepich (Actor) | Josef Krehan (Actor) | Edvard Wulf (Actor) | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Actor) | Erwin Eckhoff (Actor) | Ellen Widmann (Actor) | Anna Mederow (Actor) | Josef Ritter (Actor) | Karl Damen (Actor) | Ilse Ehser (Actor) | Hans Kurth (Actor) | Edgar Karchow (Actor) | Leonard Isenta (Actor) | Karl Doblin (Actor) | Seymour Sascha (Actor) | Alfred Lichenstein (Actor) | Heinrich Melzer (Actor) | Karl Heinz Rebane (Actor) | Oscar Nied (Actor) | Robert Gelingk (Actor) | Gerhardt Bienert (Actor) | Fritz Schulz-Lichterfeld (Actor) | Georg John (Actor) | Margarete Mascheck (Actor) | Max Gotho (Actor) | Bruno Hoermann (Actor) | Fritz Odemar (Actor) | Lotte Lobinger (Actor) | Gunther Moss (Actor) | Paul Wannemann (Actor) | Klaus Faber (Actor) | Theo Lingen (Actor) | Thea Stroux (Actor) | Ernst Paul Goldstein (Actor) | Hugo Behal (Actor) | Wolf Hartberg (Actor) | Karl Platen (Actor) | Hadrian M. Elzer (Actor) | Rolf Reihsig (Actor) | Otto Rehkopf (Actor) | Rosa Balthaus (Actor) | Albert Steckel (Actor) | Borwin Hempel (Actor) | Hertha von Walther (Actor) | Franz Furstenberg (Actor) | Werner Pauly (Actor) | Rudolf Blumner (Actor) | Gaetano Donizetti Mary Norden (Actor) | Paul Kemp (Actor) | Peter Lorre (Actor) | Hermann Neumann (Actor) | Rosa Valetti (Actor) | Otto Wernicke (Actor) | Karl Waldis (Actor) | Theodor Loos (Actor) | Else Lohde (Actor) | Carl Almas (Actor) | Gustaf Gründgens (Actor) | Albert Goltz (Actor) | Maja Sablotski (Actor) | Sigurd Leeser (Actor) | Inge Landgut (Actor) | Emil Zeiner (Actor) | Agnes Hadank (Actor) | Paul Loretto (Actor) | Heinrich Gretler (Actor) | Trude Matthis (Actor) | Gelin Hocker (Actor) | Ernst Rhaden (Actor) | Fritz Arno Walth (Actor) | Friedrich Gnass (Actor) | Paul Swinborne (Actor) | Gustav Wanka (Actor) | Adolf Trutz (Actor) | Alexander Polland (Actor) | Hans Pohl (Actor) | Paul Netto (Actor) | J.A. Carell (Actor) | Gunther Kepich (Actor) | Josef Krehan (Actor) | Edvard Wulf (Actor) | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Actor) | Erwin Eckhoff (Actor) | Ellen Widmann (Actor) | Anna Mederow (Actor) | Josef Ritter (Actor) | Karl Damen (Actor) | Ilse Ehser (Actor) | Hans Kurth (Actor) | Edgar Karchow (Actor) | Leonard Isenta (Actor) | Karl Doblin (Actor) | Seymour Sascha (Actor) | Alfred Lichenstein (Actor) | Heinrich Melzer (Actor) | Karl Heinz Rebane (Actor) | Oscar Nied (Actor) | Robert Gelingk (Actor) | Gerhardt Bienert (Actor) | Fritz Schulz-Lichterfeld (Actor) | Georg John (Actor) | Margarete Mascheck (Actor) | Max Gotho (Actor) | Bruno Hoermann (Actor) | Fritz Odemar (Actor) | Lotte Lobinger (Actor) | Gunther Moss (Actor) | Paul Wannemann (Actor) | Klaus Faber (Actor) | Theo Lingen (Actor) | Thea Stroux (Actor) | Ernst Paul Goldstein (Actor) | Hugo Behal (Actor) | Wolf Hartberg (Actor) | Karl Platen (Actor) | Hadrian M. Elzer (Actor) | Rolf Reihsig (Actor) | Otto Rehkopf (Actor) | Rosa Balthaus (Actor) | Albert Steckel (Actor) | Borwin Hempel (Actor) | Hertha von Walther (Actor) | Franz Furstenberg (Actor) | Werner Pauly (Actor) | Rudolf Blumner (Actor) | Gaetano Donizetti Mary Norden (Actor) | Paul Kemp (Actor) | Peter Lorre (Actor) | Hermann Neumann (Actor) | Rosa Valetti (Actor) | Otto Wernicke (Actor) | Karl Waldis (Actor) | Theodor Loos (Actor) | Else Lohde (Actor) | Carl Almas (Actor) | Gustaf Gründgens (Actor) | Albert Goltz (Actor) | Maja Sablotski (Actor) | Sigurd Leeser (Actor) | Inge Landgut (Actor) | Emil Zeiner (Actor) | Agnes Hadank (Actor) | Paul Loretto (Actor) | Heinrich Gretler (Actor) | Trude Matthis (Actor) | Gelin Hocker (Actor) | Ernst Rhaden (Actor) | Fritz Arno Walth (Actor) | Friedrich Gnass (Actor) | Paul Swinborne (Actor) | Gustav Wanka (Actor) | Adolf Trutz (Actor) | Alexander Polland (Actor) | Hans Pohl (Actor) | Paul Netto (Actor) | J.A. Carell (Actor) | Gunther Kepich (Actor) | Josef Krehan (Actor) | Edvard Wulf (Actor) | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Actor) | Erwin Eckhoff (Actor) | Ellen Widmann (Actor) | Anna Mederow (Actor) | Josef Ritter (Actor) | Karl Damen (Actor) | Ilse Ehser (Actor) | Hans Kurth (Actor) | Edgar Karchow (Actor) | Leonard Isenta (Actor) | Karl Doblin (Actor) | Seymour Sascha (Actor) | Alfred Lichenstein (Actor) | Heinrich Melzer (Actor) | Karl Heinz Rebane (Actor) | Oscar Nied (Actor) | Robert Gelingk (Actor) | Gerhardt Bienert (Actor) | Fritz Schulz-Lichterfeld (Actor) | Georg John (Actor) | Margarete Mascheck (Actor) | Max Gotho (Actor) | Bruno Hoermann (Actor) | Fritz Odemar (Actor) | Lotte Lobinger (Actor) | Gunther Moss (Actor) | Paul Wannemann (Actor) | Klaus Faber (Actor) | Theo Lingen (Actor) | Thea Stroux (Actor) | Ernst Paul Goldstein (Actor) | Hugo Behal (Actor) | Wolf Hartberg (Actor) | Karl Platen (Actor) | Hadrian M. Elzer (Actor) | Rolf Reihsig (Actor) | Otto Rehkopf (Actor) | Rosa Balthaus (Actor) | Albert Steckel (Actor) | Borwin Hempel (Actor) | Hertha von Walther (Actor) | Franz Furstenberg (Actor) | Werner Pauly (Actor) | Rudolf Blumner (Actor) | Gaetano Donizetti Ｍａｒｙ Ｎｏｒｄｅｎ (Actor) | Ｐａｕｌ Ｋｅｍｐ (Actor) | Ｐｅｔｅｒ Ｌｏｒｒｅ (Actor) | Ｈｅｒｍａｎｎ Ｎｅｕｍａｎｎ (Actor) | Rosa Valetti (Actor) | Otto Wernicke (Actor) | Karl Waldis (Actor) | Theodor Loos (Actor) | Else Lohde (Actor) | Carl Almas (Actor) | Gustaf Gründgens (Actor) | Albert Goltz (Actor) | Maja Sablotski (Actor) | Sigurd Leeser (Actor) | Inge Landgut (Actor) | Emil Zeiner (Actor) | Agnes Hadank (Actor) | Paul Loretto (Actor) | Heinrich Gretler (Actor) | Trude Matthis (Actor) | Gelin Hocker (Actor) | Ernst Rhaden (Actor) | Fritz Arno Walth (Actor) | Friedrich Gnass (Actor) | Paul Swinborne (Actor) | Gustav Wanka (Actor) | Adolf Trutz (Actor) | Alexander Polland (Actor) | Hans Pohl (Actor) | Paul Netto (Actor) | J.A. Carell (Actor) | Gunther Kepich (Actor) | Josef Krehan (Actor) | Edvard Wulf (Actor) | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Actor) | Erwin Eckhoff (Actor) | Ellen Widmann (Actor) | Anna Mederow (Actor) | Josef Ritter (Actor) | Karl Damen (Actor) | Ilse Ehser (Actor) | Hans Kurth (Actor) | Edgar Karchow (Actor) | Leonard Isenta (Actor) | Karl Doblin (Actor) | Seymour Sascha (Actor) | Alfred Lichenstein (Actor) | Heinrich Melzer (Actor) | Karl Heinz Rebane (Actor) | Oscar Nied (Actor) | Robert Gelingk (Actor) | Gerhardt Bienert (Actor) | Fritz Schulz-Lichterfeld (Actor) | Georg John (Actor) | Margarete Mascheck (Actor) | Max Gotho (Actor) | Bruno Hoermann (Actor) | Fritz Odemar (Actor) | Lotte Lobinger (Actor) | Gunther Moss (Actor) | Paul Wannemann (Actor) | Klaus Faber (Actor) | Theo Lingen (Actor) | Thea Stroux (Actor) | Ernst Paul Goldstein (Actor) | Hugo Behal (Actor) | Wolf Hartberg (Actor) | Karl Platen (Actor) | Hadrian M. Elzer (Actor) | Rolf Reihsig (Actor) | Otto Rehkopf (Actor) | Rosa Balthaus (Actor) | Albert Steckel (Actor) | Borwin Hempel (Actor) | Hertha von Walther (Actor) | Franz Furstenberg (Actor) | Werner Pauly (Actor) | Rudolf Blumner (Actor) | Ｇａｅｔａｎｏ Ｄｏｎｉｚｅｔｔｉ Mary Norden (Actor) | Paul Kemp (Actor) | Peter Lorre (Actor) | Hermann Neumann (Actor) | Rosa Valetti (Actor) | Otto Wernicke (Actor) | Karl Waldis (Actor) | Theodor Loos (Actor) | Else Lohde (Actor) | Carl Almas (Actor) | Gustaf Gründgens (Actor) | Albert Goltz (Actor) | Maja Sablotski (Actor) | Sigurd Leeser (Actor) | Inge Landgut (Actor) | Emil Zeiner (Actor) | Agnes Hadank (Actor) | Paul Loretto (Actor) | Heinrich Gretler (Actor) | Trude Matthis (Actor) | Gelin Hocker (Actor) | Ernst Rhaden (Actor) | Fritz Arno Walth (Actor) | Friedrich Gnass (Actor) | Paul Swinborne (Actor) | Gustav Wanka (Actor) | Adolf Trutz (Actor) | Alexander Polland (Actor) | Hans Pohl (Actor) | Paul Netto (Actor) | J.A. Carell (Actor) | Gunther Kepich (Actor) | Josef Krehan (Actor) | Edvard Wulf (Actor) | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Actor) | Erwin Eckhoff (Actor) | Ellen Widmann (Actor) | Anna Mederow (Actor) | Josef Ritter (Actor) | Karl Damen (Actor) | Ilse Ehser (Actor) | Hans Kurth (Actor) | Edgar Karchow (Actor) | Leonard Isenta (Actor) | Karl Doblin (Actor) | Seymour Sascha (Actor) | Alfred Lichenstein (Actor) | Heinrich Melzer (Actor) | Karl Heinz Rebane (Actor) | Oscar Nied (Actor) | Robert Gelingk (Actor) | Gerhardt Bienert (Actor) | Fritz Schulz-Lichterfeld (Actor) | Georg John (Actor) | Margarete Mascheck (Actor) | Max Gotho (Actor) | Bruno Hoermann (Actor) | Fritz Odemar (Actor) | Lotte Lobinger (Actor) | Gunther Moss (Actor) | Paul Wannemann (Actor) | Klaus Faber (Actor) | Theo Lingen (Actor) | Thea Stroux (Actor) | Ernst Paul Goldstein (Actor) | Hugo Behal (Actor) | Wolf Hartberg (Actor) | Karl Platen (Actor) | Hadrian M. Elzer (Actor) | Rolf Reihsig (Actor) | Otto Rehkopf (Actor) | Rosa Balthaus (Actor) | Albert Steckel (Actor) | Borwin Hempel (Actor) | Hertha von Walther (Actor) | Franz Furstenberg (Actor) | Werner Pauly (Actor) | Rudolf Blumner (Actor) | Gaetano Donizetti
Director: Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Fritz Lang Ｆｒｉｔｚ Ｌａｎｇ Fritz Lang
Producer: Harold Nebenzal Harold Nebenzal Harold Nebenzal Ｈａｒｏｌｄ Ｎｅｂｅｎｚａｌ Harold Nebenzal
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Release Date: 2004-12-07
UPC Code: 037429197820
Language: German
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Germany
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Color Information: Black & White
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating: Not Rated
Publisher: Home Vision
Other Information: 2 DVDs
Package Weight: 217 (g)
Shipment Unit: 2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004390950

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Director: Fritz Lang

DVD Features:

Note: This release contains an improved English subtitle translation

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.19
Monaural - German
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Eric Rentschler - German Film Scholar
2. Anton Kaes - Author
Production Interview - 1. CONVERSATION WITH FRITZ LANG - Interview film by William Friedkin
2. Harold Nebenzal - Son of M Producer Seymour Nebenzal
Featurette - 1. Classroom tapes of M editor Paul Falkenberg discussing the film and it's history
2. A physical history of M
Bonus Feature/Short - 1. M LE MAUDIT - Claude Chabrol's
Text/Photo Gallery:
Stills Gallery
Behind The Scenes Photos
Production Sketches by Art Director Emil Hasler
Additional Products:
Booklet

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8.1 out of 10 (9)

blue_penguin
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March 18, 2008

This customer review refers to M (MBC TV Series) (US Version)
3 people found the following helpful

 Great Drama, Mediocre DVD Customer Review Rated Bad 8 - 8 out of 10
This is one of the most original and unique Korean dramas ever made, and I enjoyed it ever since it first aired back in 1994. It is only ten episodes, unlike other series, and is well-paced, making it easier to watch.

The downside of the DVD is the quality, which is why I only rated this 4/5 stars. The back of the DVD says 'Please understand that the original "M" master tapes are over 10 years old. This may slightly impact the overall quality of some episodes." It seems as if they merely just transfered the contents of the master tapes to DVD, in other words, hardly any retouching done to make the few artifacts and graininess plaguing the video quality less apparent. Yes, I understand this is a pretty old drama, but at least the video quality (I give it 3/5 stars) isn't as disappointing as the audio.

If they couldn't do anything much about the video quality they could've tweaked the audio a bit in some scenes. Episode 3 sounds the worst of all because the spoken dialogue is slightly muffled and often hard to hear, but is tolerable at least. Overall it is mostly audible, but subtitles are useful if you don't understand a word of Korean. I give the audio 2/5 stars.

In case you're wondering if the Bitwin and YA editions are the same, they pretty much are identical in terms of video and audio quality, but the Bitwin edition seemed to have removed the opening titles and tweaked the audio in some places in contrary to the YA edition. They also removed the text (such as "Stay Tuned...") which you see in other series. The Bitwin edition, which has long since been out of print, included clips of Shim Eun-Ha early on in her career unlike the YA edition which merely includes the first episode of All About Eve and Damo.

Overall I give this DVD a 3/5. It would have been higher if they had tweaked the audio to make it sound much butter and did some retouching to the picture quality. Anyways, I am happy to have this series on DVD, but I would have gladly waited for something a bit better.
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Michelle Chang
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December 24, 2007

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 1 more thing Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Don't listen to Mrs. Love, she rated pretty much all the shows she saw a bad rating. She shouldn't watch Korean movies/dramas if she's going to critize em all. People like her are annoying! If u don't like any of them, why keep watching???
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Michelle Chang
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December 24, 2007

This customer review refers to M (MBC TV Series) (US Version)
finally! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I've been looking for this for awhile now. I remember watching this like 13 years ago, when it first came out and I really liked it!
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Mrs. Love
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May 8, 2006

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 No Hope Customer Review Rated Bad 0 - 0 out of 10
I know this series is old But!! After watching it I was asking myself Are You Kidding Me! Do not waste your time! "The Worst Show Ever"
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September 25, 2005

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 Interesting premise. Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
Just by the sheer originality of the premise of this series makes it an excellent topic of discussion afterwords.

It is a great loss for Korean cinema that Shim Eun-ha has stopped making movies. Let's hope she reconsiders.
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