Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert
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M (1931) M (1931) M (1931) M (1931) View more photos Movie Info Synopsis In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a ...
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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 ...
Sep 4, 2014 · Fritz Lang's 1931 movie is back on re-release and Peter Lorre plays the porcine, pop-eyed serial killer Hans Beckert, speaking German with a rasping, querulous shout – rather different to the ...
M, German thriller film, released in 1931, that was noted for its use of groundbreaking lighting techniques and offscreen sound to maximize a sense of horror. M was German director Fritz Lang’s first sound film, and it featured Peter Lorre in his first major screen role.
M (1931) - Plot summary, synopsis, and more... Someone is murdering children in a German town. The police are doing all they can to solve the case but, after several months, several murders and exhausting work, still have no clues.
Sep 25, 2003 · M (1931) -- (Movie Clip) A Form Of Acting The perp's letter now published, various police officials (Theodor Loos, Franz Stein) proclaiming their methods, and Beckert (Peter Lorre) himself at the mirror, in Fritz Lang's favorite of all his films, M, 1931.
“M is a dark symphony about Berlin at the dawn of the 20s. A whole era is reflected on the face of one man – a man suffering from “a social evil”, as Lang would say. Hans Beckert, the character played by Peter Lorre, meets the fury of the crowd; they are about to lynch him.
