Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert
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Ellen WidmannMadame Beckmann- Inge LandgutElsie Beckmann
- Otto WernickeInsp. Karl Lohmann
- Gustaf GründgensSchränker
- Theodor LoosPolice Commissioner Groeber
- Friedrich GnaßFranz
- Georg JohnBlind beggar
- Ernst Stahl-NachbaurPolice chief
- Fritz OdemarThe Cheater
Paul KempPickpocket with Six Watches- Theo LingenBauernfänger
M (1931) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Cast. Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert. M was Lorre's first major starring role, and it boosted his career, even though he was typecast as a villain for years afterward in films such as Mad Love and Crime and Punishment. Before M, Lorre had been mostly a comedic actor.
M: Directed by Fritz Lang. With Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke. When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1931-08-31
M (1931) - Cast & Crew — The Movie Database (TMDB) ← Back to main. Cast 23. Peter Lorre. Hans Beckert. Ellen Widmann. Frau Beckmann. Inge Landgut. Elsie Beckmann. Otto Wernicke. Inspector Karl Lohmann. Theodor Loos. Inspector Groeber. Gustaf Gründgens. Schränker. Friedrich Gnaß. Franz. Fritz Odemar. The Cheater. Paul Kemp.
Aug 3, 1997 · The horror of the faces: That is the overwhelming image that remains from a recent viewing of the restored version of “M,” Fritz Lang's famous 1931 film about a child murderer in Germany. In my memory it was a film that centered on the killer, the creepy little Franz Becker, played by Peter Lorre.
Fritz Lang. Director, Screenplay. Thea von Harbou. Screenplay. Egon Jacobson. Writer. Written by Wiccaburr on October 7, 2020. In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt.
by Fritz Lang. Buy Study Guide. M (1931 Film) Cast List. Peter Lorre Hans Becker. The part of psychologically-unbalanced Hans Beckert was just the third role for Peter Lorre and the one that made him an international sensation whose career wouldn't come to a close until more than thirty years later.
