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“Who is the murderer?”

8.1

1931

1h 50m

DramaThrillerCrime

Director: Fritz Lang

Overview

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Trailer

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Cast

Hans Beckert

Peter Lorre

Hans Beckert

Frau Beckmann

Ellen Widmann

Frau Beckmann

Elsie Beckmann

Inge Landgut

Elsie Beckmann

Inspector Karl Lohmann

Otto Wernicke

Inspector Karl Lohmann

Inspector Groeber

Theodor Loos

Inspector Groeber

Schränker

Gustaf Gründgens

Schränker

Franz

Friedrich Gnaß

Franz

The Cheater

Fritz Odemar

The Cheater

Pickpocket with Six Watches

Paul Kemp

Pickpocket with Six Watches

Bauernfänger

Theo Lingen

Bauernfänger

Becker's 'Attorney'

Rudolf Blümner

Becker's 'Attorney'

Blind Panhandler

Georg John

Blind Panhandler

Reviews

Wiccaburr

The movie is classic and yet this is my first time watching this. Peter Lorre alone is worth seeing this movie as he always played such the great villain. No music keeps your focus on the image and dialogue throughout the movie. Camera work looks pretty awesome especially when they start doing the manhunt. This movie clocks in at almost two hours so there will be a lot of pacing and dialogue to go through. It will feel a bit dragging when Lorre isn't on the screen but it is well worth going through the film to see how it all plays out.

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