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A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. "Who Is the murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann . . . In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant soc...
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| Online Access: | A Kanopy streaming video |
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | German |
| Published: | [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. |
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| Genre: | Feature films. |
| Summary: | A simple, haunting musical phrase whistled offscreen tells us that a young girl will be killed. "Who Is the murderer?" pleads a nearby placard as serial killer Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre) closes in on little Elsie Beckmann . . . In his harrowing masterwork M, Fritz Lang merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 110 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |
| Date/Time and Place of an Event Note: | Originally produced by Criterion Collection/Janus Films in 1931. |