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
![Peter Lorre](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268040_81ea18.jpg)
Peter Lorre
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
Casablanca (1942)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Ellen Widmann
Switzerland
Best movies:
Emil i Lönneberga (1971)
M (1931)
![Inge Landgut](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762462_6a49f0.jpg)
Inge Landgut
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Emil and the Detectives (1931)
Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966)
![Otto Wernicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272394_04f920.jpg)
Otto Wernicke
German Empire
Best movies:
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
M (1931)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
![Theodor Loos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272369_639275.jpg)
Theodor Loos
German Empire
Best movies:
Metropolis (1927)
M (1931)
Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge (1924)
![Gustaf Gründgens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496913_bec1ba.jpg)
Gustaf Gründgens
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Playing at Love (1933)
Uncle Kruger (1941)
![Fritz Odemar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789500_9265e8.jpg)
Fritz Odemar
German Empire
Best movies:
Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
M (1931)
The Devious Path (1928)
![Theo Lingen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/496/496836_96b647.jpg)
Theo Lingen
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Georg John
German Empire
Best movies:
Jealousy (1925)
Metropolis (1927)
M (1931)
![Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762397_3a6ecc.jpg)
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Murderers Among Us (1946)
The Congress Dances (1931)
![Gerhard Bienert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789496_27f262.jpg)
Gerhard Bienert
German Empire
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1958)
M (1931)
The Blue Angel (1930)
![Karl Platen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901335_26ae8f.jpg)
Karl Platen
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Between Two Worlds (1921)
The Young Count (1935)
![Rosa Valetti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/789/159789507_2b4a1a.jpg)
Rosa Valetti
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Asphalt (1929)
![Hertha von Walther](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/502/162502048_29ffdb.jpg)
Hertha von Walther
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Faust (1926)
The Devious Path (1928)
![Heinrich Gretler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/193/160193834_139de0.jpg)
Heinrich Gretler
Switzerland
Best movies:
M (1931)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Lotte Loebinger
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Ehe im Schatten (1947)
Jahrgang 21 (1957)
Paul Rehkopf
German Empire
Best movies:
Fair People (1930)
Jealousy (1925)
M (1931)
![Rolf Wanka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/410/410472_2365ec.jpg)
Rolf Wanka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
M (1931)
Die schöne Lügnerin (1959)
The Internecine Project (1974)
Sigurd Lohde
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse (1966) (TV movie)
Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard (1963)
![Paul Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/739/160739474_2d30a8.jpg)
Paul Kemp
German Empire
Best movies:
M (1931)
The Stars Shine (1938)
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)