When does M come out in Spain?

M opens in Spanish cinemas on November 24, 1931.

M

Name: M
Director: Fritz Lang
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1931-05-11
Duration: 1 h 51 min
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos

1931

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8.1/10

Release Date

11/05/1931

Popularity

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100%

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83%

M – A City Searches for a Murderer

In Berlin, a group of girls plays an elimination game in the courtyard of an apartment block. As they sing a macabre rhyme about a child murderer, in another apartment Mrs. Beckmann sets the table for lunch and waits for her daughter Elsie to come home from school. A wanted poster warns of a serial killer stalking little children, and parents anxiously wait at the school gates. At first, the man's face is not shown. He is recognized by his shadow, his silhouette and a whistled tune. He is Hans Beckert, played by Peter Lorre, and the whole city lives in fear of him. The film is directed by Fritz Lang.

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Facts about M

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone

Spain releaseNovember 24, 1931

Worldwide premiereMay 11, 1931

Runtime1 h 51 min

Original languageGerman

Original titleM - Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder

CountryGermany

Production companiesNero-Film AG

Trailer views470K

More ratings

4.3/5Letterboxd79/100Trakt4.0/4Roger Ebert

M Cast

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

Lucie RhodenSecretary in the Police Archives

Joseph Almas(uncredited)

Carl BallhausLeeser, Man Who Marks Hans Beckert (uncredited)

Hans Behal(uncredited)

Paul BiensfeldtMan Suspected in Street (uncredited)

Behal Carrell(uncredited)

Josef Dahmen(uncredited)

Hugo Döblin(uncredited)

J.A. Eckhoff(uncredited)

Else EhserWoman (uncredited)

Karl Elzer(uncredited)

Erwin Faber(uncredited)

Ilse Fürstenberg(uncredited)

Anna GoltzWoman (uncredited)

Heinrich Gotho(uncredited)

Heinrich GretlerMan (uncredited)

Günther Hadank(uncredited)

Robert Hartberg(uncredited)

Ernst Paul Hempel(uncredited)

Oskar Höcker(uncredited)

Albert Hörrmann(uncredited)

Ellen IsentaWoman (uncredited)

Karl Junge-SwinburneMan (uncredited)

Albert Karchow(uncredited)

Werner Kepich(uncredited)

Hermann Krehan(uncredited)

Kurth Leeser(uncredited)

Rose Lichtenstein(uncredited)

Lotte LoebingerWoman (uncredited)

Sigurd Lohde(uncredited)

Alfred LorettoMan (uncredited)

Hanna MaronGirl in Circle at the Beginning (uncredited)

Max Maschek(uncredited)

Paul MederowPublic Prosecutor (uncredited)

Margarete Melzer(uncredited)

Trude Moos(uncredited)

Hadrian Maria NettoPolice Captain (uncredited)

Neumann-SchülerBit Role (uncredited)

Günter NeumannMan (uncredited)

Katharina NiedWoman (uncredited)

Maya Norden(uncredited)

Fred NurneyMan (uncredited)

Edgar PaulyMan (uncredited)

Klaus PohlWitness / One-Eyed Man (uncredited)

Franz Poland(uncredited)

Eduard RebaneMan (uncredited)

Paul Rehkopf(uncredited)

Bertold ReissigMan (uncredited)

Ernst RhadenMan (uncredited)

Hans Ritter(uncredited)

Max SablotzkiMan (uncredited)

Alexander Sascha(uncredited)

Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld(uncredited)

Leonard SteckelMan (uncredited)

Karl-Heinz Stroux(uncredited)

Wolf Trutz(uncredited)

Otto Waldis(uncredited)

Borwin Walth(uncredited)

Rolf WankaMan (uncredited)

Ernst Wulf(uncredited)

Bruno Ziener(uncredited)

Cast of M by the numbers

33average cast age in years

9years of age gap between the leads

22%women in the cast

8%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Inge Landgut, age 9 at release. The oldest: Theodor Loos, at 48.

Cast ages at release

Peter Lorre27 years old
Ellen Widmann36 years old
Inge Landgut9 years old
Otto Wernicke38 years old
Theodor Loos48 years old
Gustaf Gründgens31 years old
Friedrich Gnaß39 years old
Fritz Odemar41 years old
Paul Kemp35 years old
Theo Lingen28 years old

Crew

AddressFritz Lang
WritingThea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
PhotographyFritz Arno Wagner
EditingPaul Falkenberg
ProductionSeymour Nebenzal

Trivia about M

The whistled melody from Peer Gynt that signals the killer is not performed by Peter Lorre, but by Thea von Harbou, the film's co-writer and Lang's wife.

Lang used several real criminals as extras, and during filming 25 cast members were arrested.

The Staaken studios denied Lang space because its director was a member of the Nazi Party, which suspected the film portrayed the Nazis until it learned the plot.

The office building robbery in the film was inspired by a real 1929 heist at the Disconto Bank in Berlin, carried out by the Sass brothers' gang.

In 2018, the BBC ranked it the 13th greatest non-English-language film of all time, according to a poll of 209 critics from 43 countries.

The film was restored in 2000 by the Nederlands Filmmuseum together with the Bundesarchiv-Filmarchiv, the Cinémathèque Suisse, Kirsch Media and ZDF/ARTE; a 109-minute version later joined the Criterion Collection.

The English and French dubbed versions include reshot footage, including the phone conversation between the minister and the police commissioner, the ending and Peter Lorre's interrogation.

«M» was the first sound feature film by Fritz Lang and was screened in 2023 in a restored 35mm print as part of the Eye Filmmuseum program.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)

What it's about M

berlin, germanygermanypsychopathdetective inspectorchild murderinvestigationfilm noirorganized crimeserial killerblack and whitecriminalpre-codepsychoexpressionismgerman expressionismcrime

Main theme: serial killer, capital punishment

What M is called in other countries

It was released in 31 countries, each in its own language.

SpainM, el vampiro de Düsseldorf
FranceM le maudit
ItalyM - Il mostro di Düsseldorf
MexicoM: El maldito
BrazilM, o Vampiro de Dusseldorf
PortugalMatou
JapanM
South Korea엠
ChinaM就是凶手
RussiaМ убийца
ArgentinaEl vampiro negro
United StatesMurderers Among Us

See the remaining 19 countries

BulgariaM - Убиец сред нас
CroatiaM - Potraga za ubojicom
CzechiaVrah mezi námi
DenmarkM
EstoniaM – linn otsib mõrvarit
FinlandKaupunki etsii murhaajaa
GreeceΜ, ο δολοφόνος
HungaryM - Egy város keresi a gyilkost
Iranاِم
Israelאם - רוצחים בקרבנו
NetherlandsM, een stad zoekt zijn moordenaar
PolandM - Morderca
RomaniaM: Un oraș își caută ucigașul
SerbiaM-Diseldorfski vampir
SerbiaМ – град тражи убицу
SwedenM
TaiwanM就是兇手
TurkeyM - Bir Şehir Katilini Arıyor
UkraineМ: Місто шукає вбивцю

Where it was filmed M

FilmingWhere the story takes place

Filming locations

Where the Story Takes Place

Quotes by M

We're doing our job because we have a living to make. But this monster has no right to live. He must disappear. He must be exterminated, without pity… without scruples.
Girl in Circle: Just you wait, it won't be long, The man in black will soon be here, With his cleaver's blade so true, He'll make mincemeat out of you!
[to Hans Beckert] You talk of rights… You will get your rights. We are all law experts here, from six weeks in Tegel, to fifteen years in Brandenburg.
Pickpocket with Seven Watches: There are more police on the street tonight than whores.
Tillie: Don't do that!
Children: [singing] Just you wait a little while, the nasty man in black will come. With his little chopper, he will chop you up!

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