M (Criterion Collection)

Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke. Directed by Fritz Lang. Lorre made his powerful screen debut as a child murderer hunted by the authorities and the underworld. This digitally remastered version features a restored soundtrack and additional footage including the often-missing final scene! In German with English subtitles. 1931/ Black & White /111 min/NR/full screen. A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled off screen tells US that a young girl will be killed. "Who is the Murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert, played by Peter Lorre (CASABLANCA, THE MALTESE FALCON), closes in on little Elsie Beckmann. In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang (METROPOLIS, THE TESTAMENT OF DR. MABUSE) merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller. Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widman, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke and Theodor Loos.

Director: Fritz Lang
Director: William Friedkin
Producer: Seymour Nebenzal
Actor: Friedrich Gnass
Actor: Gustaf Gr ndgens
Actor: Gustaf Gründgens
Actor: Peter Lorre
Actor: Friedrich GnaB
Actor: Gustaf Grundgens
Actor: Ellen Widmann
Actor: Inge Landgut
Actor: Fritz Gnass
Actor: Gunther Hadank
Actor: Gunther Neumann
Actor: Heinrich Gotho
Actor: Hugo Döblin
Actor: Ilse Furstenberg
Actor: Leonard Steckel
Actor: Otto Waldis
Actor: Rolf Wanka
Actor: Rose Valetti
Actor: Rudolf Blumner
Actor: Otto Wernicke
Actor: Theo Lingen
Actor: Fritz Odemar
Actor: Paul Kemp
Actor: Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Actor: Franz Stein
Actor: Theodor Loos
Actor: Georg John
Actor: Karl Platen
Actor: Gerhard Bienert
Actor: Rosa Valetti
Actor: Hertha Von Walther
Actor: Heinrich Gretler
Actor: Lotte Lobinger