M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf (1931)
Nel 1931 Fritz Lang gira M - Il mostro di Düsseldorf (suo primo film sonoro), in cui un ignoto assassino violenta e uccide numerose bambine senza lasciare alcuna traccia. Nella città viene organizzata una fitta rete di ricerche a cui partecipano anche i mendicanti e i criminali. Così si scopre il primo indizio: l'assassino quando avvicina le vittime fischietta un macabro motivo, tratto dal Peer Gynt di Grieg. Presto il mostro viene individuato da un venditore di palloncini che riesce con un gesso a segnargli sulle spalle una grande M (che sta per Morder, assassino).
Direttore:
Fritz Lang
Scrittori:
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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Carl Ballhaus as Leeser |
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Paul Mederow as Staatsanwalt |
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Hadrian Maria Netto as Polizeihauptmann |
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Lucie Rhoden as Sekretärin im Polizeiarchiv |
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Karl Hannemann as Kriminalbeamter |
| 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 |
| Sound | Adolf Jansen | Sound Designer |
| 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 |
