tt0022100 M (1931)Director : Fritz Lang

Release Date : 31 August 1931 (Sweden)

Genre : Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller

Cast : : , Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert , Ellen Widmann as Frau Beckmann , Inge Landgut as Elsie Beckmann , Otto Wernicke as Inspector Karl Lohmann , Theodor Loos as Inspector Groeber , Gustaf Gründgens as Schränker , Friedrich Gnaß as Franz, the burglar , Fritz Odemar as The cheater , Paul Kemp as Pickpocket with six watches , Theo Lingen as Bauernfänger , Rudolf Blümner as Beckert's defender , Georg John as Blind panhandler , Franz Stein as Minister , Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Police chief , Gerhard Bienert as Criminal secretary

Plot : When the regulate inside a German city are ineffective to get closer a child-murderer, varying criminals unite inside the manhunt.

Run Time : 117 min | 110 min (2004 Criterion DVD edition) | France:118 min | Germany:105 min (2000 restored version) | Germany:108 min (re-release) | USA:99 min

Country : Germany

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Language : German

Filming Locations : Staaken, Spandau, Berlin, Germany

Company : Nero-Film AG

Trivia : Two German concatenation killers are named inside the show - Georg Karl Gro