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Fritz Lang «M» | M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, filmstill

Fritz Lang, «M» A Town Is Looking for a Murderer, 1931
M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder, filmstill | Filmstill | ©

Categories: Film

Keywords: Aggression | Narration

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Germany | 117' | Concept: von Harbou, Thea | Director: Lang, Fritz | Camera: Wagner, Fritz Arno | Participants: Rudolf Bluemmer, Friedrich Gnass, Gustaf Gruendgens, Georg John, Paul Kemp, Inge Landgut, Theo Lingen, Theodor Loos, Peter Lorre, Fritz Odemar, Karl Platen, Ernst Stahl Nachbaur, Fritz Stein, Otto Wernicke, Ellen Widmann | Schnitt: Falkenberg, Paul | Edition / Production: Nero-Film Berlin | 35mm-film

Fritz Lang
«M: A Town Is Looking for a Murderer»

Lang's famous thriller about a pathological murder of children (Peter Lorre), who is being chased not only by the police but also by the syndicate of criminals, disturbed by the frequent raids of the police. Lang depicts the German Weimar Republic in haunting scenes ending with a moving monolog of the murderer.