M

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M is a landmark 1931 German thriller film by Fritz Lang, renowned as an early and influential work in the serial killer and crime genre.

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instanceOf German film ⓘ
black-and-white film ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Ellen Widmann ⓘ
Gustaf Gründgens ⓘ
Inge Landgut ⓘ
Otto Wernicke ⓘ
Peter Lorre ⓘ
cinematographyBy Fritz Arno Wagner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
director Fritz Lang ⓘ
distributor Nero-Film ⓘ
editedBy Paul Falkenberg ⓘ
filmingLocation Babelsberg Studios ⓘ
Berlin ⓘ
firstReleaseCountry Germany ⓘ
format sound film ⓘ
genre crime ⓘ
serial killer film ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasAlternateTitle M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder ⓘ
hasTheme criminal underworld ⓘ
justice and morality ⓘ
mass hysteria ⓘ
vigilantism ⓘ
includedIn canon of classic world cinema ⓘ
influenced later film noir ⓘ
serial killer genre ⓘ
leadActor Peter Lorre ⓘ
musicBy Edvard Grieg (pre-existing music) ⓘ
linked to: Edvard Grieg
notableFor early depiction of a serial killer ⓘ
influential crime cinema ⓘ
use of sound as narrative device ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
producer Seymour Nebenzal ⓘ
productionCompany Nero-Film ⓘ
rating critically acclaimed ⓘ
releaseDate 1931-05-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 1931 ⓘ
runningTime approximately 110 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Fritz Lang ⓘ
Thea von Harbou ⓘ
setInPeriod Weimar Republic ⓘ
setting Berlin ⓘ
title M ⓘ

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