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A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. “Who Is the Murderer?” pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann . . . In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that ...
Aug 3, 1997 · Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. 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.
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.
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Decla-Film-Ges. Holz & Co. The Spiders ( German: Die Spinnen) is a silent two-part German adventure film written and directed by Fritz Lang. It was released in two parts in 1919 and 1920. Two more parts were originally planned but never made. It was believed to be a lost film, but it has been rediscovered and restored.
Silent film. German intertitles. Destiny ( German: Der müde Tod: ein deutsches Volkslied in sechs Versen ( Weary Death: A German Folk Story in Six Verses ); originally released in the United States as Behind the Wall) is a 1921 silent German Expressionist fantasy romance film directed by Fritz Lang and inspired by the Indian folktale of Savitri.
Fritz Lang was born in Vienna 130 years ago, on December 5, 1890. ... After the Nazis came to power, Fritz Lang left Germany and directed a film in France and then moved on to Hollywood. He ...
