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First Run Features has in its collection several films dealing with the Nazis, mostly documentaries, the variety of which give evidence to the continuing interest and fascination with one of modern history’s darkest moments. According to Hitler, and backed by selected German art critics, these modern artworks, with their distorted facial features, elongated bodies, heightened and stylized colors, and skewed perspectives, reflected an image of depravity and insanity which, if left unchecked, would lead to a general cultural degeneration. According to most accounts, the Nazis thought that the title was a sly reference to them, so Lang sensibly changed the title to M. The Murderers are Among Us takes Lang’s cue, by having the title refer to a former Nazi Captain Brückner living a comfortable civilian life in Post-War Germany. [...]I will bring up a term used to define the group of films initiated by The Murderers are Among Us. Because of the ruined state of many post-War German cities that this and other later films made great use of, these films were eventually dubbed ‘Rubble Films.’2 In the DVD liner notes, German film historian Ralf Schenk writes in reference to the Rubble Films that, “This word has a symbolic meaning.