M 1931 Fritz Lang at the Electric Palace Harwich

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Film Details

111 MIN

Rating
PG

Director
Fritz Lang

Cast
Peter Lorre, Gustaf Grundgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Franz Stein, Theodor Loos, Friedrich Gnab, Fritz Odemar, Paul Kemp, Theo Lingen, Georg John

Synopsis

‘Renonwned for its striking imagery and inventive use of sound, M can now be enjoyed in a pin-sharp new restoration. For once, such
words as ‘seminal’, ‘unmissable’ and ‘masterpiece’ are not just hype. – Margaret Deriaz’

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.

Regarded by many as one of the greatest films of all time and described ‘The Blue Print for the Serial Killer Movie‘ M screens as part of ‘A Criminally Good Day’ for this years Essex Book Festival

In German with English Subtitles

 

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