M, 1931.Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Grundgens, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut and Theodor Loos.SYNOPSIS:In Berlin, several children fall victim to a serial killer. With pressure mounting from a terrified city, both the police and the criminal underworld launch their own hunts for the killer before he can strike again.The serial […]
Leeds International Film Festival 2014 Review – M (1931)
M, 1931.Directed by Fritz Lang. Starring Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke and Gustaf Gründgens.SYNOPSIS:When the police in a German city are unable to catch a child-murderer, other criminals join in the manhunt.Within Fritz Lang’s first film made in sound, 1931’s M, there’s fascinating evidence of the period’s – and, of course, the director’s – ongoing transition […]
