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M

8,1 /10 (2,545 Votes)
1931 DE 110 min

Overview

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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Release date

11/05/1931

Votes

2,545

Popularity

6.8

Who is the murderer?

Status

Released

Original title

M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

Language

DE

Runtime

110 min

Revenue

$35,274

Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre

Hans Beckert

Ellen Widmann

Ellen Widmann

Frau Beckmann

Inge Landgut

Inge Landgut

Elsie Beckmann

Otto Wernicke

Otto Wernicke

Inspector Karl Lohmann

Theodor Loos

Theodor Loos

Inspector Groeber

Gustaf Gründgens

Gustaf Gründgens

Schränker

Friedrich Gnaß

Friedrich Gnaß

Franz

Fritz Odemar

Fritz Odemar

The Cheater

Paul Kemp

Paul Kemp

Pickpocket with Six Watches

Theo Lingen

Theo Lingen

Bauernfänger

Rudolf Blümner

Rudolf Blümner

Becker's 'Attorney'

Georg John

Georg John

Blind Panhandler

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Franz Stein

Minister

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Police Chief

Gerhard Bienert

Gerhard Bienert

Criminal Secretary

Karl Platen

Karl Platen

Damowitz

Rosa Valetti

Rosa Valetti

Bartender

Hertha von Walther

Hertha von Walther

Prostitute

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Lucie Rhoden

Secretary in the Police Archives

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Joseph Almas

(uncredited)

Carl Ballhaus

Carl Ballhaus

Leeser, Man Who Marks Hans Beckert (uncredited)

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Hans Behal

(uncredited)

Paul Biensfeldt

Paul Biensfeldt

Man Suspected in Street (uncredited)

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Behal Carrell

(uncredited)

Josef Dahmen

Josef Dahmen

(uncredited)

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Hugo Döblin

(uncredited)

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J.A. Eckhoff

(uncredited)

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Else Ehser

Woman (uncredited)

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Karl Elzer

(uncredited)

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Erwin Faber

(uncredited)

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Ilse Fürstenberg

(uncredited)

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Anna Goltz

Woman (uncredited)

Heinrich Gotho

Heinrich Gotho

(uncredited)

Heinrich Gretler

Heinrich Gretler

Man (uncredited)

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Günther Hadank

(uncredited)

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Robert Hartberg

(uncredited)

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Ernst Paul Hempel

(uncredited)

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Oskar Höcker

(uncredited)

Albert Hörrmann

Albert Hörrmann

(uncredited)

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Ellen Isenta

Woman (uncredited)

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Karl Junge-Swinburne

Man (uncredited)

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Albert Karchow

(uncredited)

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Werner Kepich

(uncredited)

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Hermann Krehan

(uncredited)

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Kurth Leeser

(uncredited)

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Rose Lichtenstein

(uncredited)

Lotte Loebinger

Lotte Loebinger

Woman (uncredited)

Sigurd Lohde

Sigurd Lohde

(uncredited)

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Alfred Loretto

Man (uncredited)

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Hanna Maron

Girl in Circle at the Beginning (uncredited)

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Max Maschek

(uncredited)

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Paul Mederow

Public Prosecutor (uncredited)

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Margarete Melzer

(uncredited)

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Trude Moos

(uncredited)

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Hadrian Maria Netto

Police Captain (uncredited)

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Neumann-Schüler

Bit Role (uncredited)

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Günter Neumann

Man (uncredited)

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Katharina Nied

Woman (uncredited)

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Maya Norden

(uncredited)

Fred Nurney

Fred Nurney

Man (uncredited)

Edgar Pauly

Edgar Pauly

Man (uncredited)

Klaus Pohl

Klaus Pohl

Witness / One-Eyed Man (uncredited)

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Franz Poland

(uncredited)

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Eduard Rebane

Man (uncredited)

Paul Rehkopf

Paul Rehkopf

(uncredited)

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Bertold Reissig

Man (uncredited)

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Ernst Rhaden

Man (uncredited)

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Hans Ritter

(uncredited)

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Max Sablotzki

Man (uncredited)

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Alexander Sascha

(uncredited)

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Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld

(uncredited)

Leonard Steckel

Leonard Steckel

Man (uncredited)

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Karl-Heinz Stroux

(uncredited)

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Wolf Trutz

(uncredited)

Otto Waldis

Otto Waldis

(uncredited)

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Borwin Walth

(uncredited)

Rolf Wanka

Rolf Wanka

Man (uncredited)

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Ernst Wulf

(uncredited)

Bruno Ziener

Bruno Ziener

(uncredited)

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Wiccaburr

Wiccaburr

2020-10-07

⭐ 8

The movie is classic and yet this is my first time watching this. Peter Lorre alone is worth seeing this movie as he always played such the great villain. No music keeps your focus on the image and dialogue throughout the movie. Camera work looks pretty awesome especially when they start doing the manhunt. This movie clocks in at almost two hours so there will be a lot of pacing and dialogue to go through. It will feel a bit dragging when Lorre isn't on the screen but it is well worth going through the film to see how it all plays out.

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badelf

2023-05-31

⭐ 10

So you say you want to enroll in film school? Don't bother. Just watch Fritz Lang's M and Metropolis.

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James

James

2023-10-20

⭐ 7

Random person: Nobody knows him (The murderer). Woman who lives with the murderer: Am I a joke to you?

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James

James

2023-10-20

⭐ 7

Stone cold classic. Certainly one of the best time films about orange peels being littered.

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2023-10-28

⭐ 9

**One of the masterpieces of classic German cinema.** There isn't much that can be said about this film that almost everyone hasn't already said or written. It is one of the great films of German cinema, one of the best productions that were made before the Second World War and one of the best films in the career of the renowned director Fritz Lang, who shortly afterward would leave Germany due to the rise of Nazism, refusing to deal with that political regime. The film is inspired by real events, namely the murderous path of Peter Kürten, the “Vampire of Düsseldorf”, who terrorized peop…

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