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M

Screening on 35mm | Part of "HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer"
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YEAR
1931
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 50m
DIRECTOR
Fritz Lang
CAST
Peter Lorre
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Introduction by film critic Dana Stevens on Thursday, May 22.

 

35mm print! 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.

CAST
Peter Lorre
SYNOPSIS

 

Introduction by film critic Dana Stevens on Thursday, May 22.

 

35mm print! 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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HITCH! The Original Cinema Influencer
Co-presented by the New York Film Critics Circle, Celebrating its 90th Anniversary
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