The whole press is talking: the child-killing maniac, who has been terrorizing the city for some time, has become a new victim. Loman, the commissioner in charge of the investigation, multiplies raids in the plains. Embarrassed by all this commotion, the underworld decides to find the culprit themselves: they order beggars and vagrants to watch every corner of the street…
This fascinating square is one of the greatest masterpieces of the seventh art: the detective film M le Maudit. An absolute Fritz Lang classic that’s still going strong even though he’s already… 90 years old!
The first talking film Fritz Lang, m cursedInspired by the work of Peter Kurten, “The Vampire of Düsseldorf”, as well as the wave of infanticide that bloodied Germany in the 1920s, is one of those works that immediately marks and which we will never forget.
Unforgettable Peter Lorre…
The incredible staging, the accuracy of the plot, the quality of the sets and the lighting inherited from expressionist cinema, these haunting images of the sadist Hans Beckert, alias “M”, whistling to follow a little girl.. The film was released at the height of the rise of Nazism and which questioned society The criminal aspect is still incredibly strong.
m cursed, which can be seen as a mirror and a critique of the German society between the wars, which raises the question of justice and the responsibility of the patient, is finally an opportunity to discover the amazing performance of Peter Lore in the shoes of the famous “M”. . I guarantee you won’t soon forget her face…
Tonight on Arte at 22:55.
Source: Allocine
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