Story Line
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
“Who is the murderer?”
Top Cast
Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert
Ellen Widmann
Frau Beckmann
Inge Landgut
Elsie Beckmann
Otto Wernicke
Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos
Inspector Groeber
Gustaf Gründgens
Schränker
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Rating
8.1/ 10
Release Date
1931-05-11
Runtime
1h 50m
Genres
DramaThrillerCrime
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User Reviews (5)
Wiccaburr
8/10
•10/7/2020The movie is classic and yet this is my first time watching this.
Peter Lorre alone is worth seeing this movie as he always played such the great villain. No music keeps your focus on the image and dialogue throughout the movie. Camera work looks...
badelf
10/10
•5/31/2023So you say you want to enroll in film school? Don't bother. Just watch Fritz Lang's M and Metropolis.
James
7/10
•10/20/2023Random person: Nobody knows him (The murderer). Woman who lives with the murderer: Am I a joke to you?
James
7/10
•10/20/2023Stone cold classic. Certainly one of the best time films about orange peels being littered.