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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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 |
