Caption

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1952

Year:

1931

Director:

Fritz Lang

Country:

Germany

Seen:

Length:

1 hr(s) 57 min (117 min)

Language:

english

Mediatype:

DVD

Owner:

Magical

Rating:

 (8.4)

MPAA:

Not Rated

Genres:

Crime
Drama
Thriller

Plot:

In Germany, Hans Beckert is an unknown killer of girls. He whistles Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op. 46 while attracting the little girls for death. The police force pressed by the Minister give its best effort trying unsuccessfully to arrest the serial killer. The organized crime has great losses due to the intense search and siege of the police and decides to chase the murderer, with the support of the beggars association. They catch Hans and briefly judge him.

Cast:

Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert
Ellen Widmann
Frau Beckmann
Inge Landgut
Elsie Beckmann
Otto Wernicke
Inspector Karl Lohmann
Theodor Loos
Inspector Groeber
Gustaf Gründgens
Schränker
Friedrich Gnaß
Franz
Fritz Odemar
The Cheater
Paul Kemp
Pickpocket with Six Watches
Theo Lingen
Bauernfänger
Rudolf Blümner
Beckert's Defender
Georg John
Blind Panhandler
Franz Stein
Minister
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Police Chief
Gerhard Bienert
Criminal Secretary
Karl Platen
Damowitz
Rosa Valetti
Bartender
Hertha von Walther
Prostitute
Behal Carrell
(uncredited)
Josef Dahmen
(uncredited)
J.A. Eckhoff
(uncredited)
Else Ehser
Woman (uncredited)
Karl Elzer
(uncredited)
Ilse Fürstenberg
(uncredited)
Anna Goltz
Woman (uncredited)
Heinrich Gotho
(uncredited)
Heinrich Gretler
Man (uncredited)
Günther Hadank
(uncredited)
Albert Hoermann
(uncredited)
Ellen Isenta
Woman (uncredited)
Karl Junge-Swinburne
Man (uncredited)
Albert Karchow
(uncredited)
Werner Kepich
(uncredited)
Hermann Krehan
(uncredited)
Kurth Leeser
(uncredited)
Rose Lichtenstein
(uncredited)
Lotte Loebinger
Woman (uncredited)
Sigurd Lohde
(uncredited)
Alfred Loretto
Man (uncredited)
Hanna Maron
Girl in Circle at the Beginning (uncredited)
Paul Mederow
(uncredited)
Margarete Melzer
(uncredited)
Trude Moos
(uncredited)
Hadrian Maria Netto
(uncredited)
Günter Neumann
Man (uncredited)
Neumann-Schüler
Bit Role (uncredited)
Katharina Nied
Woman (uncredited)
Maya Norden
(uncredited)
Fred Nurney
Man (uncredited)
Edgar Pauly
Man (uncredited)
Klaus Pohl
Witness / One-Eyed Man (uncredited)
Franz Poland
(uncredited)
Eduard Rebane
Man (uncredited)
Paul Rehkopf
(uncredited)
Bertold Reissig
Man (uncredited)
Ernst Rhaden
Man (uncredited)
Hans Ritter
(uncredited)
Max Sablotzki
Man (uncredited)
Agnes Schulz-Lichterfeld
(uncredited)
Leonard Steckel
Man (uncredited)
Wolf Trutz
(uncredited)
Otto Waldis
(uncredited)
Borwin Walth
(uncredited)
Rolf Wanka
Man (uncredited)
Bruno Ziener
(uncredited)