Movie

M (1931)

Movie poster for M
Director
Fritz Lang

Synopsis

  • When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.

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  • Fritz Lang's classic early talkie crime melodrama is set in 1931 Berlin. The police are anxious to capture an elusive child murderer (Peter Lorre), and they begin rounding up every criminal in town. The underworld leaders decide to take ...

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  • German-American director Fritz Lang presents his first "talkie" -- and cinema's first serial killer -- in this 1931 classic whose central villain was later used in Nazi propaganda films to illustrate the evils of sexual deviance. Propell...

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Top Movie Moments

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    OPENING SCENE

    Movie Moment

    What is this?

    01:14
    • "Wait, just wait a little while, soon the bogeyman will come to you with his chopping knife."
    • "He'll cut small pieces out of YOU!"
    • ""10,000 Marks Rewardl"
    • ""Who Is The Murderer?"
    • "What do you know?"
    • "What are you talking about?"
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    Nope scene

    00:05
    • "Haven't got any. Nope."
    • "Come on, show your papers."
    • "Of course it's nearly impossible to take any fingerprints from a piece of paper that's gone through so many hands."
    • "Nonetheless, no stone will be left unturned in the hope that by comparing the findings to our records we'll come up with something that'll bring us closer to closing this case."
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    M opening

    00:12
    • "Extra!"
    • "Extra Edition!"
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    CLOSING SCENE

    Movie Moment

    What is this?

    01:01
    • "In the name of the law..."
    • "In the name of the people..."

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