M (1931 movie)

M (— M – A City Searches for a Murderer) is a 1931 German drama-thriller movie. It was directed by Fritz Lang, and it starred Peter Lorre. The film was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. It was the director's first sound film.

The film focuses on the actions of a serial killerMonsters of Weimar p. 296 of children and the manhunt for him. The police and the criminal underworld do the manhunt.Monsters of Weimar pp. 296-298 Now considered a classic, the film was deemed by Lang to be his magnum opus.Reader Archive-Extract: 1997/970808/M

 Release
M was shown in Berlin on 11 May 1931 at the UFA-Palast am Zoo in a version that was 117 minutes long.Jensen. pp. 93.

The film later was released in the U.S. in April 1933 by Foremco Pictures.

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 The Restoration of M (2003)  from TLEFilms.com
The Mark of M an essay by Stanley Kauffmann at the Criterion Collection 
 M Photographs and literature
 M and the making of Peter Lorre 

Category:1931 movies
Category:1930s psychological movies
Category:1930s thriller movies
Category:German thriller movies
Category:Movies directed by Fritz Lang
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Category:Movies set in Berlin