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Play trailer 2:32. 3 2. 1 Video. 99+ Photos. Crime Mystery Thriller. When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt. Director. Fritz Lang. Writers. Thea von Harbou. Fritz Lang. Egon Jacobsohn. Stars. Peter Lorre. Ellen Widmann. Inge Landgut. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +3.
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- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Fritz Lang
- 1931-08-31
M is a 1931 German mystery suspense thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre (in his third screen role) as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children. An early example of a procedural drama, the film centers on the manhunt for Lorre's character, conducted by both the police and the criminal underworld.
In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt.
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- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
