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Film Screening|A modern city, a manhunt, and a main character set against himself in Fritz Lang's classic thriller

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  • German with English subtitles
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M (Fritz Lang)

M (Fritz Lang)

Dir. Fritz Lang
Germany, 1931
DVD, b/w, 117 min.

A serial killer is at large in Berlin, terrorizing its populace. The city’s police force, criminal underworld, and citizens all search fruitlessly for the murderer (played by an unforgettable Peter Lorre). In his harrowing masterwork and first sound film, 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.