Top billed cast

1. 

   Peter Lorre

   Hans Beckert

2. 

   Ellen Widmann

   Frau Beckmann

3. 

   Inge Landgut

   Elsie Beckmann

4. 

   Otto Wernicke

   Inspector Karl Lohmann

5. 

   Theodor Loos

   Inspector Groeber

6. 

   Gustaf Gründgens

   Schränker

7. 

   Friedrich Gnaß

   Franz

8. 

   Fritz Odemar

   The Cheater

9. 

   Paul Kemp

   Pickpocket with Six Watches

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Reviews

A review by Filipe Manuel Neto

Written by Filipe Manuel Neto on 2023-10-28

**One of the masterpieces of classic German cinema.**

There isn't much that can be said about this film that almost everyone hasn't already said or written. It is one of the great films of German cinema, one of the best productions that were made before the Second World War and one of the best films in the career of the renowned director Fritz Lang, who shortly afterward would leave Germany due to the rise of Nazism, refusing to deal with that political regime.

The film is inspired by real events, namely the murderous path of Peter Kürten, the “Vampire of Düsseldorf”, who terrorize...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
German

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$35,274.00

Keywords

• berlin, germany
• germany
• psychopath
• detective inspector
• child murder
• investigation
• film noir
• organized crime
• serial killer
• black and white
• criminal
• pre-code
• psycho
• expressionism
• german expressionism
• crime