M (1931)
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.
Director:
Fritz Lang
Writers:
Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang.
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Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert |
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Ellen Widmann as Frau Beckmann |
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Inge Landgut as Elsie Beckmann |
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Otto Wernicke as Inspector Karl Lohmann |
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Theodor Loos as Inspector Groeber |
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Gustaf Gründgens as Schränker |
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Friedrich Gnaß as Franz |
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Fritz Odemar as The Cheater |
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Paul Kemp as Pickpocket with Six Watches |
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Theo Lingen as Bauernfänger |
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Rudolf Blümner as Becker's 'Attorney' |
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Georg John as Blind Panhandler |
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Franz Stein as Minister |
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Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Police Chief |
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Gerhard Bienert as Criminal Secretary |
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Karl Platen as Damowitz |
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Rosa Valetti as Bartender |
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Hertha von Walther as Prostitute |
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Lucie Rhoden as Secretary in the Police Archives |
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Joseph Almas as (uncredited) |
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Carl Ballhaus as Leeser, Man Who Marks Hans Beckert (uncredited) |
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Hans Behal as (uncredited) |
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Paul Biensfeldt as Man Suspected in Street (uncredited) |
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Behal Carrell as (uncredited) |
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Josef Dahmen as (uncredited) |
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Hugo Döblin as (uncredited) |
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J.A. Eckhoff as (uncredited) |
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Else Ehser as Woman (uncredited) |
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Karl Elzer as (uncredited) |
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Erwin Faber as (uncredited) |
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Ilse Fürstenberg as (uncredited) |
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Anna Goltz as Woman (uncredited) |
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Heinrich Gotho as (uncredited) |
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Heinrich Gretler as Man (uncredited) |
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Günther Hadank as (uncredited) |
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Robert Hartberg as (uncredited) |
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Ernst Paul Hempel as (uncredited) |
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Oskar Höcker as (uncredited) |
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Albert Hörrmann as (uncredited) |
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Ellen Isenta as Woman (uncredited) |
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Karl Junge-Swinburne as Man (uncredited) |
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Albert Karchow as (uncredited) |
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Werner Kepich as (uncredited) |
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Hermann Krehan as (uncredited) |
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Kurth Leeser as (uncredited) |
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Rose Lichtenstein as (uncredited) |
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Lotte Loebinger as Woman (uncredited) |
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Sigurd Lohde as (uncredited) |
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Alfred Loretto as Man (uncredited) |
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Hanna Maron as Girl in Circle at the Beginning (uncredited) |
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Max Maschek as (uncredited) |
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Paul Mederow as Public Prosecutor (uncredited) |
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Margarete Melzer as (uncredited) |
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Trude Moos as (uncredited) |
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Hadrian Maria Netto as Police Captain (uncredited) |
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Neumann-Schüler as Bit Role (uncredited) |
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Günter Neumann as Man (uncredited) |
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Katharina Nied as Woman (uncredited) |
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Maya Norden as (uncredited) |
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Fred Nurney as Man (uncredited) |
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Edgar Pauly as Man (uncredited) |
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Klaus Pohl as Witness / One-Eyed Man (uncredited) |
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Franz Poland as (uncredited) |
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Eduard Rebane as Man (uncredited) |
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Paul Rehkopf as (uncredited) |
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Bertold Reissig as Man (uncredited) |
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Ernst Rhaden as Man (uncredited) |
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Hans Ritter as (uncredited) |
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Max Sablotzki as Man (uncredited) |
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Alexander Sascha as (uncredited) |
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Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld as (uncredited) |
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Leonard Steckel as Man (uncredited) |
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Karl-Heinz Stroux as (uncredited) |
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Wolf Trutz as (uncredited) |
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Otto Waldis as (uncredited) |
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Borwin Walth as (uncredited) |
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Rolf Wanka as Man (uncredited) |
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Ernst Wulf as (uncredited) |
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Bruno Ziener as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Fritz Lang | Director |
| Art | Emil Hasler | Art Direction |
| Writing | Thea von Harbou | Screenplay |
| Editing | Paul Falkenberg | Editor |
| Camera | Fritz Arno Wagner | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Fritz Lang | Screenplay |
| Art | Karl Vollbrecht | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wilhelm Weber | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Paul Falkenberg | Sound Editor |
| Production | Ernst Wolff | Production Manager |
| Production | Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |
| Production | Gustav Rathje | Unit Manager |
| Art | Edgar G. Ulmer | Set Designer |
| Sound | Adolf Jansen | Sound |
| Camera | Robert Baberske | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Horst von Harbou | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Erwin Hillier | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Károly Vass | Assistant Camera |
