M (1931 film)

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film

M (1931 film) is a landmark German thriller directed by Fritz Lang, renowned for its pioneering use of sound and its chilling portrayal of a child murderer hunted by both police and criminals.

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Label	Occurrences
M (1931 film) canonical	5
M (1931 film screenplay)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
basedOn	original screenplay ⓘ
blackAndWhite	true ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy	Hans Beckert – Peter Lorre NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Fritz Arno Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
director	Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor	Nero-Film NERFINISHED ⓘ
editedBy	Paul Falkenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	early sound cinema ⓘ
filmDebutOf	Peter Lorre in a major role ⓘ
filmingLocation	Babelsberg Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
format	sound film ⓘ
genre	crime ⓘ drama ⓘ thriller ⓘ
hasFilmRating	considered one of the greatest films of all time ⓘ
hasRemake	M (1951 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme	criminal underworld ⓘ justice ⓘ mass hysteria ⓘ vigilantism ⓘ
includedInList	Sight & Sound greatest films polls NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter	Hans Beckert NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy	Edmund Meisel NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeLocation	Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of manhunt by police and criminals ⓘ pioneering use of sound ⓘ portrayal of a child murderer ⓘ
originalLanguage	German ⓘ
portrays	serial child murderer ⓘ
premiereLocation	Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer	Seymour Nebenzal NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Nero-Film NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1931-05-11 ⓘ
releaseYear	1931 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 110 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Fritz Lang NERFINISHED ⓘ Thea von Harbou NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	Weimar Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
soundtrackFeature	use of whistled motif from Edvard Grieg's In the Hall of the Mountain King ⓘ
stars	Gustaf Gründgens NERFINISHED ⓘ Otto Wernicke NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Lorre NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	M NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M → basedOn → M (1931 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: M (1951 film)

M → adaptationOf → M (1931 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: M (1951 film)

M → follows → M (1931 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: M (1951 film)

M → remakeOf → M (1931 film) ⓘ

subject surface form: M (1951 film)

Thea von Harbou → notableWork → M (1931 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: M (1931 film screenplay)

Thea von Harbou → coWroteScreenplayFor → M (1931 film) ⓘ