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Rating: 8.5 stars

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german black and white serial killer child killer murder cornered manhunt trial police crackdown dragnet

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M (1931)

Directed by Fritz Lang

Crime | Thriller | Drama

Most recently watched by floydrmd, sleestakk

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 111 minutes

Actors

Peter Lorre | Ellen Widmann | Inge Landgut | Otto Wernicke | Theodor Loos | Gustaf Gründgens | Friedrich Gnaß | Fritz Odemar | Paul Kemp | Theo Lingen | Rudolf Blümner | Georg John | Franz Stein | Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur | Gerhard Bienert | Karl Platen | Rosa Valetti | Hertha von Walther | Carl Ballhaus | Paul Mederow | Hadrian Maria Netto | Lucie Rhoden | Karl Hannemann

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

There is an English version included on the disc that I still need to watch!

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