"M" (1931) Fritz Lang - 80th Anniversary Restoration (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

You can discuss this restoration directly with Torsten Kaiser in this thread



[SIZE= 14px]TECHNICAL DATA & EXTRAS [COLOR= #223cfb]Blu-ray Edition[/COLOR]:[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 14px] MEDIABOOK Design with the original 1931 Poster and O-Card Slip-Cover including[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] 60-Page Booklet with original Premiere Program May 11, 1931; extensive storyboard sketches[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]gallery, set photos & rare 1931 press materials als well as promotional outtakes from the Jon[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Muth Comic "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]", inspired by the Fritz Lang film[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 14px]Disc 1:[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Blu-ray edition : BD-50 (Regions A,B,C)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Content & Extras[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" - 80th Anniversary Restoration 1931 - 2011 - Duration 110'32"[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Picture: HD 23.976p 1080 / 1.19:1 centered in 16x9 HD frame[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Sound: 2001 Preservation Master Track: DTS Master Audio 2.0 Mono[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]2011 Restoration Master Track: DTS Master Audio 2.0 Mono[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]EXTRAS (Disc 1):[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] 1960 Re-Issue Trailer of "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" in High Definition* (BD Disc)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Newly recorded audio commentary on the film, the similarities to the real murderer Peter Kürten[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]and the police chief (inspector) who hunted him (Ernst Gennat) on who the screenplay of "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" is[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]based as well as a detailed look at the Berlin of the 20s & 30s with its red light districts and the life[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]of the underworld and low class people[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]featuring:[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Prof. Elisabeth Lenk - Author of "Peter Kürten - genannt der Vampir von Düsseldorf"[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Dr. Regina Stürickow - Author of "Mörderische Metropole Berlin" and "Der Kommissar vom[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Alexanderplatz", a biography of the real police chief inspector Ernst Gennat[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] moderated by Torsten Kaiser - Supervising Producer of the 2003 and 2011 Restauration of "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]"[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px](this track is in German only)[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 14px]Disc 2:[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Blu-ray edition : DVD - 9 (Region 0)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Content & Extras[/SIZE]


[SIZE= 14px] Picture: SD 50i/480 / 1.33:1 (4x3)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Sound: Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Digital Stereo** on some content[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]EXTRAS (Disc 2):[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] THE HUNT FOR "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" **- Documentary on the true murders and the hunt for the killer Peter Kürten,[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]on which "M" is based, the introduction of profiling of a killer and what make him one that[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]revolutionized the police methods, as well as a look at the police work then and today; details and[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]background on Lang, Lorre and on what happend to them and the film after being banned 1934 by[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]the Hitler regime[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] THE HUNT FOR THE FIL"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" ELEMENTS ** - 2nd Part of the documentary, on the 1960 re-issue[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px](severely cut with dramatic structural as well as technical changes in aspect ratio and sound[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px](which was added), die various reconstructions (Enno Patalas, Donat Keusch), the[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Restauration/Preservation on 35mm in 2001[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px](96 Minuten, 2003)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] U"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" DIE WELT IN 80 JAHREN ("[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" around the world in 80 years)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]new, ca. 45-minute featurette with comparisons between[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (1931) and[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (the British release version of 1932)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (Dein Mörder sieht Dich an / Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) Re-Issue version (99 Minutes,[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]1960)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (Reconstruction, 1995)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (Restoration/Preservation 2001[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]and the[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" (80th Anniversary Restoration Edition) 2011[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] optional audio commentary on this featurette (German only) with Martin Koerber (Supervising[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Producer of the Restauration/Preservation on 35mm, 2001) and Torsten Kaiser (Supervising[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Producer of the 2003 and 2011 Restauration of "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]")[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] ZU"[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" BEISPIEL FRITZ LANG - 44-Minute Interview with Fritz Lang (1968) transferred from the[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]original, 35mm Camera Negative and the 35mm Sound Negative[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Trailer "[COLOR= #fe2617]M[/COLOR]" in Standard Definition (25fps)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Picture Gallery including sketches, photos, press materials[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] DVD ROM Segment (PDF files for)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] a 1930 issued, 25-page article on the murders of Peter Kürten, the police work, the reaction by the[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]public at large and the hunt for (the the unknown) killer[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px] Press Materials and censor cards and protocol records[/SIZE]



[SIZE= 14px]Release date: Early 2011 (tentative: Feb 25)[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Regions: Disc 1: A,B,C Disc 2: R0[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Duration Feature: 111 Minutes[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Duration Extra Materials: ca. 340 Minutes[/SIZE]

[SIZE= 14px]Distributor: Universum Film GmbH, Germany[/SIZE]

 

[Brian Borst]

Looks to be very interesting. Some might argue that this is a simple cash grab, but since the previous Blu-ray releases were done by different companies, I don't think that's the case here. An entirely new restoration, with a lot of great bonus features? Seems great to me.