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Fritz Lang

M - Einen Stadt sucht einen Mörder (M)

Director Fritz Lang Composer Edvard Grieg Cast Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Grundgens, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos, Georg John, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut
98' - 1931 - Crime, Mystery - Dialogue: German
A psychopathic child murderer on the loose in Berlin creates panic among mothers and in the underworld whose members are hounded by the police in their search for the killer. The police tries in vain to catch him, but in the end he is trapped by the denizens of the underworld and condemned to death by their leader. The police arrive just in time to prevent his execution. Lang's first sound film is a masterpiece of low-keyed expressionism, in which fear permeates every brick of the dark alleys and crumbling buildings which form its background. Peter Lorre became world famous for his portrayal of the murderer, an outwardly gentle man who is trapped by his mental sickness and afraid to discover himself.

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Credits

Directors

Fritz Lang

Composers

Edvard Grieg

Cast

Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustav Grundgens, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos, Georg John, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut

Scenario

Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Paul Falkenberg, Adolf Jansen, Karl Vash

Director of Photography

Fritz Arno Wagner, Gustav Rathje

Editors

Paul Falkenberg

Producers

Seymour Nebenzal

Production studios

Nero Film

More info

Dialogue

German

Countries of production

Germany

Screenplay based on

Article by Egon Jacobson

Year

1931