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.
Directed By
Fritz LangWritten By
Egon JacobsonCast of M
Peter LorreHans Beckert
Ellen WidmannFrau Beckmann
Inge LandgutElsie Beckmann
Otto WernickeInspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor LoosInspector Groeber
Gustaf GründgensSchränker
Friedrich GnaßFranz
Fritz OdemarThe Cheater
Paul KempPickpocket with Six Watches
Theo LingenBauernfänger
Rudolf BlümnerBecker's 'Attorney'
Georg JohnBlind Panhandler
Franz SteinMinister
Ernst Stahl-NachbaurPolice Chief
Gerhard BienertCriminal Secretary
Karl PlatenDamowitz
Rosa ValettiBartender
Hertha von WaltherProstitute
Carl BallhausLeeser
Paul MederowStaatsanwalt
Hadrian Maria NettoPolizeihauptmann
Lucie RhodenSekretärin im Polizeiarchiv
Karl HannemannKriminalbeamter