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Original title: M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

Who is the murderer?

1931 · 1h 50m

Directed by Fritz Lang

8.1

TMDB audience score
2,592 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

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Cast

  • Peter Lorre
    Hans Beckert

  • Ellen Widmann
    Frau Beckmann

  • Inge Landgut
    Elsie Beckmann

  • Otto Wernicke
    Inspector Karl Lohmann

  • Theodor Loos
    Inspector Groeber

  • Gustaf Gründgens
    Schränker

  • Friedrich Gnaß
    Franz

  • Fritz Odemar
    The Cheater

  • Paul Kemp
    Pickpocket with Six Watches

  • Theo Lingen
    Bauernfänger

  • Rudolf Blümner
    Becker's 'Attorney'

  • Georg John
    Blind Panhandler

  • Franz Stein
    Minister

  • Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
    Police Chief

  • Gerhard Bienert
    Criminal Secretary

  • Karl Platen
    Damowitz

  • Rosa Valetti
    Bartender

  • Hertha von Walther
    Prostitute