1931 M DVD Peter Lorre Fritz Lang Ellen Widmann REMASTERED
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 the heat off their activities by catching the child killer themselves. Once the killer is fingered, he is marked with the letter "M" chalked on his back. He is tracked down and captured by the combined forces of the Berlin criminal community, who put him on trial for his life in a kangaroo court. The killer pleads for mercy, whining that he can't control his homicidal instincts. The police close in and rescue the killer from the underworld so that he can stand trial again in "respectable" circumstances. Some prints of the film end with a caution to the audience to watch after their children more carefully. Filmed in Germany, M was the film that solidified Fritz Lang's reputation with American audiences, and it also made a star out of Peter Lorre (previously a specialist in comedy roles!). M was remade by Hollywood in 1951, with David Wayne giving a serviceable performance as the killer.
Peter Lorre - Franz Becker
Ellen Widmann - Madam Becker
Inge Landgut - Elsie
Gustaf Gründgens - Schraenker
Friedrich Gnass - Burglar
Paul Kemp - Pickpocket
Theo Lingen - Bauernfaenger
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur - Chief of Police
Franz Stein - Minister
Otto Wernicke - Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos - Police Commissioner Groeber
Rudolf Blumner - Barrister
Georg John - Blind Beggar
Karl Platen - Nightwatch
Gerhard Bienert - Secretary
Rose Valetti - Landlady
Hertha Von Walther - Prostitute
Heinrich Gotho
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