M (1931)
1931 · Feature film · 109 min · dir. Fritz Lang
Who is the murderer?
- Drama
- Thriller
- Crime
Synopsis
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Thea von Harbou
- Cinematography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Studio
- Nero-Film AG
- Released
- 1931-05-11
- Original title
- M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
- Running time
- 109 minutes
Cast & crew
Fritz Lang Director
Peter Lorre
Ellen Widmann
Inge Landgut
Otto Wernicke
Theodor Loos
Gustaf Gründgens- Friedrich Gnaß
Fritz Odemar
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · one of the first and best of the genre · Ostentatio Genitalium · 2026-06-05
Consider this was one of the first movies with sound - Lang's talent blending sound with image is like a guy who's been doing it for years. And Lorre's pop-eyed performance at the end as the tragic, pitiable, and thoroughly dislikable child murderer is a classic. There's humor and lots of scenes with sausages, beer, cigarettes, more sausages ,more beer, cigars, cigarette holders, cigar holders, sausage holders (just kidding on that last one).
