Directed by:
Fritz LangCinematography:
Fritz Arno WagnerCast:
Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens, Fritz Odemar, Theo Lingen, Georg John, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
The city of Dusseldorf is being terrorized by a child-murderer. When Elsie Beckmann is found murdered, the search intensifies involving not only the police but the criminal underworld who also hope to catch the killer so that the police presence will subside. Hans Beckert is identified as the murder and put on "trial" by the criminal mob. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rudolf Blümner
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
![Josef Dahmen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/411/161411228_fc6796.jpg)
Josef Dahmen
German Empire
Best movies:
Treasure of Silver Lake (1962)
M (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Karl Elzer
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Bruno Ziener
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Crown of Thorns (1923)
![Carl Balhaus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789785_147fcd.jpg)
Carl Balhaus
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Hadrian Maria Netto
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
The Man Without a Face (1993)
![Leonard Steckel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/694/161694461_9939b8.jpg)
Leonard Steckel
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
The Doctor of Stalingrad (1958)
Edgar Pauly
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
Barcarole (1935)
Ilse Fürstenberg
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Blue Angel (1930)
The Captain from Köpenick (1956)
Else Ehser
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Girls in Uniform (1931)
The Castle (1968)
![Paul Mederow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/852/160852715_740fee.jpg)
Paul Mederow
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Man of Straw (1951)
Jud Süß (1940)
Friedrich Gnaß
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Comradeship (1931)
The Story of Little Mook (1953)
Fred Nurney
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
M (1931)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Neumann-Schüler
German Empire
Best movies:
The Last Laugh (1924)
M (1931)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
Günter Neumann
Germany
Best movies:
M (1931)
Albert Hörrmann
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
Klaus Pohl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Max Sablotzki
Best movies:
M (1931)
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)