M

This text reconnects M to its significance as an event in 1931 Germany, recapturing the film's extraordinary social and symbolic energy. Interweaving close reading with cultural history, Anton Kaes reconstitutes M as a modernist artwork. He also analyzes Joseph Losey's 1951 film noir remake.

• Author
• Anton Kaes

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 96

• Series
• BFI Film Classics

• Publisher
• British Film Institute

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780851703701

• Genres
• film, criticism, germany, school

• Release date
• 2000