A haunting musical phrase whistled off-screen sets the stage, foreshadowing the impending fate of a young girl. "Who Is the Murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann. In his masterful work M, Fritz Lang masterfully blends thought-provoking social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller to this day.

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

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