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M

Original title: M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder · Turkish title: Bir Şehir Katilini Arıyor

“Who is the murderer?”

1931 · 1 h 39 min
Directed by Fritz Lang
CrimeMysteryThriller

Cast

Peter Lorre Otto Wernicke Gustaf Gründgens

Credits

Written by: Thea von Harbou

Plot

A child murderer terrorises Berlin, and both the police and the city's criminal underworld hunt for him. It was Lang's first sound film.

Sinekatalog’s take

Fritz Lang's early sound thriller follows a child murderer hunted by both police and the city's criminals. Peter Lorre's trembling final speech adds moral complexity to the manhunt. A founding work of the serial-killer film.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 8.3 / 10 (184,824 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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