M (1931)

In this 1931 German crime thriller, Berlin is terrorized by a serial killer pedophile who preys on little girls. Both the police and the criminal underworld are on his trail, in competition with each other. The criminal organization hunt him down and catch him just steps ahead of the police, and try him in a court of justice of their own making. Will the police get there before he is made to "vanish?"

Cast includes: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Georg John, Otto W Ernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Grundgens, Friedrich GnaB, Fritz Odemar, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen, Rudolf Blumner.

Directed by: Friz Lang.

Written by: Theau Harbou and Fritz Lang.

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