Lock your doors, hide your kids, and stay inside. There’s a murderer on the loose! Join Adam and Jim as they hunt the elusive killer that has all of Berlin in a panic. In episode 23 we’re discussing the 1931 “talkie” classic from director Fritz Lang: M.

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Directing

Director: Fritz Lang

Metropolis (1927)

Acting

Peter Lorre (Hans Beckert)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

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Casablanca (1942)

Ellen Wildmann (Frau Beckmann)

Inge Landgut (Elsie Beckmann)

Otto Wernicke (Inspector Karl Lohmann)

Theodor Loos (Inspector Groeber)

Gustaf Gründgens (Schränker)

Friedrich Gnaß (Franz)

Cinematography

Fritz Arno Wagner (Cinematography)

Nosferatu (1922)

Music

Adolf Jansen (Sound)

Titanic (1943) Propaganda film by Germany

Paul Falkenberg (Sound editor)

Vampyr (1932)

In the Hall of The Mountain King - Trent Reznor, The Social Network (2011)

Twisted Nerve - Bernard Herrmann, Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Theme from Jaws - John Williams, (1975)

Other

 Based on Peter Kurten, “The Vampire of Düsseldorf” aka “The Düsseldorf Monster.”