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

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Friedrich Christian Anton Lang notableWork M
subject surface form: Fritz Lang
Octopussy (film) featuresCharacter M
subject surface form: Octopussy