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A desperate Berlin mother races against time to find her missing daughter after a charming stranger lures the girl into his deadly game, while the city’s panic spirals as a notorious child‑killer stalks the streets.
“Who is the murderer?”
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 27
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Edited by Paul FalkenbergShot by Fritz Arno Wagner
Box Office
1931 · Box office
Grossed $35K worldwide
Worldwide gross
$35K
Re-release box office
- 20133 theaters
- $58K($82K today)
Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation
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Also known as
- Mde
- Men
- Mes
- M le mauditfr
- M - Il mostro di Düsseldorfit
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Cast & Crew
27 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Peter Lorre
as Hans Beckert
Ellen Widmann
as Frau Beckmann
Inge Landgut
as Elsie Beckmann
Otto Wernicke
as Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos
as Inspector Groeber
Gustaf Grundgens
as Schränker
Friedrich Gna
as Franz
Fritz Odemar
as The Cheater
Paul Kemp
as Pickpocket with Six Watches
Theo Lingen
as Bauernfänger
Rudolf Blumner
as Becker's 'Attorney'
Georg John
as Blind Panhandler
Supporting cast
11Franz Stein
as Minister
Ernst Stahl Nachbaur
as Police Chief
Gerhard Bienert
as Criminal Secretary
Karl Platen
as Damowitz
Rosa Valetti
as Bartender
Hertha Von Walther
as Prostitute
Carl Ballhaus
as Leeser
Paul Mederow
as Staatsanwalt
Hadrian Maria Netto
as Polizeihauptmann
Lucie Rhoden
as Sekretärin im Polizeiarchiv
Karl Hannemann
as Kriminalbeamter
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