M

M (German: M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) is a 1931 German drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre. It was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou and was Lang's first sound film, although he had directed more than a dozen films previously. The film has become a classic which Lang himself considered his finest work. The action opens with a group of children playing a game involving a song about a child murderer in ... More

Initial release date:

  • 1931

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 1 h 57 min

Produced by:

Also known as:

  • M,
  • M. Mörder unter uns,
  • Murderers Among Us,
  • M - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder,
  • El vampiro negro

Film

Directed by

Fritz Lang

Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, and occasional film producer and actor. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the British Film...

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Release date(s):

  • 1931

Runtime:

  • 1 h 57 min
  • 1 h 50 min
  • 2 h 5 min
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