Back إم (فيلم 1931) Arabic ام (فيلم 1931) ARZ M (film, 1931) Azerbaijani М (фільм, 1931) Byelorussian М (филм) Bulgarian M, un assassí entre nosaltres Catalan M (film) Danish M (1931) German Ο Δράκος του Ντίσελντορφ Greek M (filmo) Esperanto
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| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Written by | Fritz Lang Thea von Harbou |
| Produced by | Seymour Nebenzal |
| Starring | Peter Lorre |
| Cinematography | Fritz Arno Wagner |
| Edited by | Paul Falkenberg |
Production company | Nero-Film A.G. |
| Distributed by | Vereinigte Star-Film GmbH |
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Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role. Both Lang's first sound film and an early example of a procedural drama,[2] M centers on the efforts of both a city's police force and its criminal syndicates to apprehend a serial child-murderer.[3]
The film's screenplay was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou. It features many cinematic innovations, including the use of long tracking shots and a musical leitmotif in the form of "In the Hall of the Mountain King", which is repeatedly whistled by Lorre's character. Lang regarded the film as his magnum opus,[4] and it is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time and an indispensable influence on modern crime and thriller fiction.[5][6][7]
An American remake under the same title, directed by Joseph Losey, was released in 1951.
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- ^ "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep: A Brief History of Child Murder in Cinema". Bloody Disgusting!. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
- ^ Monsters of Weimar pp. 296–98
- ^ Kauffman, Stanley. "The Mark of M". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
- ^ "M: In Context". The Cinessential. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "The long shadow of M". The Dissolve. Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "A Peerless Classic". @GI_weltweit. Retrieved 28 September 2020.