---
title: 'M (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Fritz Lang'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/m-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# M (1931)

1931 · 117 min · Drama, Thriller · Weimar Republic, Germany


## Synopsis

M is a 1931 German mystery thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert, a serial killer who targets children, in his third screen role. Both Lang's first sound film and an early example of a procedural drama, M centres on the efforts of both a city's police force and its criminal syndicates to apprehend a serial child-murderer.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Fritz Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-lang), [Thea von Harbou](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-von-harbou), [Paul Falkenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-falkenberg-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edvard Grieg](https://cinepixo.com/people/edvard-grieg)
- **Producer:** [Seymour Nebenzal](https://cinepixo.com/people/seymour-nebenzal)
- **Director of Photography:** [Fritz Arno Wagner](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-arno-wagner)
- **Editor:** [Paul Falkenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-falkenberg)

## Cast

- [Ellen Widmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/ellen-widmann)
- [Rudolf Blümner](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-blumner)
- [Otto Waldis](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-waldis)
- [Albert Hörrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-horrmann)
- [Josef Dahmen](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dahmen)
- [Otto Wernicke](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-wernicke)
- [Ilse Fürstenberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/ilse-furstenberg)
- [Bruno Ziener](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruno-ziener)
- [Karl Elzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-elzer)
- [Günther Hadank](https://cinepixo.com/people/gunther-hadank)
- [Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-stahl-nachbaur)
- [Karl Hannemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hannemann)
- [Paul Mederow](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mederow)
- [Hugo Döblin](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-doblin)
- [Friedrich Gnaß](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-gna)

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