Fritz Lang’s classic crime drama directed after 1927’s iconic Metropolis, following the hunt for an unknown killer of girls. When...
Fritz Lang’s classic crime drama directed after 1927’s iconic Metropolis, following the hunt for an unknown killer of girls. When the German police make no progress, other criminals join in the manhunt. Lang himself considered this is finest work.
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"An extraordinary, good, impressive and strong talker."
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Variety
Variety"This is a movie that dares to sympathize with a sick person, that risks making the monster real and us (in an era when Germany's cinema was still shellacked in canted angles and fanciful shadows)."
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Time Out
Time Out"Lang's razor-sharp dissection of crime and punishment never puts a foot wrong."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"The film doesn't ask for sympathy for the killer Franz Becker, but it asks for understanding: As he says in his own defence, he cannot escape or control the evil compulsions that overtake him."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Few films are gripping and effective 82 years after their original release, but this one surely is."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesM (1931) | Details
- Runtime
- 117
- Genre
- Drama, Thriller
- Country of origin
- Germany
