Movie: "M"

Release Date: May 1931 Genres: Crime / Thriller Runtime: 118 min 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) Friedrich Gnaß (Franz, the burglar) Fritz Odemar (The cheater) Paul Kemp (Pickpocket with six watches) Theo Lingen (Bauernfänger) Rudolf Blümner (Beckert's defender) Georg John (Blind panhandler) Franz Stein (Minister) Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (Police chief) Gerhard Bienert (Criminal secretary) Karl Platen (Damowitz, night watchman) Rosa Valetti (Elisabeth Winkler, Beckert's...) Hertha von Walther (Prostitute) Behal Carrell ((uncredited)) Josef Dahmen ((uncredited)) J.A. Eckhoff ((uncredited)) Else Ehser (Woman (uncredited)) Karl Elzer ((uncredited)) Ilse Fürstenberg ((uncredited)) Anna Goltz (Woman (uncredited)) Heinrich Gotho ((uncredited)) Heinrich Gretler (Man (uncredited)) Günther Hadank ((uncredited)) Albert Hoermann ((uncredited)) Ellen Isenta (Woman (uncredited)) Karl Junge-Swinburne (Man (uncredited)) Albert Karchow ((uncredited)) Werner Kepich ((uncredited)) Hermann Krehan ((uncredited)) Kurth Leeser ((uncredited)) Rose Lichtenstein ((uncredited)) Lotte Loebinger (Woman (uncredited)) Sigurd Lohde ((uncredited)) Alfred Loretto (Man (uncredited)) Paul Mederow ((uncredited)) Margarete Melzer ((uncredited)) Hanna Meron (Girl in circle at the beginning...) Trude Moos ((uncredited)) Hadrian Maria Netto ((uncredited)) Günter Neumann (Man (uncredited)) Neumann-Schüler (Bit Role (uncredited)) Katharina Nied (Women (uncredited)) Maya Norden ((uncredited)) Fred Nurney (Man (uncredited)) Edgar Pauly (Man (uncredited)) Klaus Pohl (Witness / one-eyed man (uncredited)) Franz Poland ((uncredited)) Eduard Rebane (Man (uncredited)) Paul Rehkopf ((uncredited)) Bertold Reissig (Man (uncredited)) Ernst Rhaden (Man (uncredited)) Hans Ritter ((uncredited)) Max Sablotzki (Man (uncredited)) Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld ((uncredited)) Leonard Steckel (Man (uncredited)) Wolf Trutz ((uncredited)) Otto Waldis ((uncredited)) Borwin Walth ((uncredited)) Rolf Wanka (Man (uncredited)) Bruno Ziener ((uncredited))

Storyline

In Germany, Hans Beckert is an unknown killer of girls. He whistles Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op. 46 while attracting the little girls for death. The police force pressed by the Minister give its best effort trying unsuccessfully to arrest the serial killer. The organized crime has great losses due to the intense search and siege of the police and decides to chase the murderer, with the support of the beggars association. They catch Hans and briefly judge him.