Metropolis (1927 film)
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When "M” visits a bar, it is to show closeups of greasy sausages, spilled beer, rotten cheese and stale cigar butts. The film's story was inspired by the career of a serial killer in Dusseldorf. In "M,” Franz Becker preys on children -- offering them candy and friendship, and then killing them.
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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. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant...
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- Peter Lorre
- Fritz Lang
- Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Perhaps his greatest film, M (Germany, 1931) forms an historical bridge between expressionism and film noir. Like the former it uses strange and disturbing compositions of light and dark in order to symbolize the inner workings of the human mind; like the latter it more realistically sets its story in a modern urban setting and blends in ...
Jul 10, 2020 · Review: M (1931) ★★★★½. As Fritz Lang’s first sound film, M (1931) stands out as a hallmark achievement of the early sound era and German cinema of the Weimar Republic. The story follows the exploits of a serial killer who targets children, and the ensuing investigation to capture him.
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
In later years, the film received widespread critical praise and holds an approval rating of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 61 reviews, with an average rating of 9.20/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "A landmark psychological thriller with arresting images, deep thoughts on modern society, and Peter Lorre in his finest performance."
Sep 14, 2014 · The classic I speak of is Fritz Lang’s M. After his dystopian sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis, M is probably the German director’s most well regarded and known work, a masterfully enthralling thriller that expands beyond both noir and expressionist contemporaries.
