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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 .
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
Today, Shaun discusses Fritz Lang's masterpiece, M, and then briefly discusses its 1951 American remake of the same name. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c...
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- Zoo Box
Feb 21, 2017 · For the death penalty. Well made. Lang will be our director one day.” - Joseph Goebbels on M, from his diary [Thursday, May 21, 1931] Fritz Lang’s masterpiece M, released in Germany in May of 1931, was immediately—and has remained—a film viewers are eager to read as a reflection on its historical moment and political context. Produced ...
When Jean-Luc Godard asked the Austrian filmmaker Fritz Lang in 1961 to name his greatest film, the one most likely to last, Lang did not hesitate. “M,” he said. Made in 1931, near the end of the Weimar Republic, M is Lang’s brilliant link between silent film and talkies, and between German Expressionism and what ...
