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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Predicate Object
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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