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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 344 1930s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Ratings
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
2,535 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Fritz LangScreenplay
- Thea von HarbouScreenplay
Cast
- Peter LorreHans Beckert
- Ellen WidmannFrau Beckmann
- Inge LandgutElsie Beckmann
- Otto WernickeInspector Karl Lohmann
- Theodor LoosInspector Groeber
- Gustaf GründgensSchränker
- Friedrich GnaßFranz
- Fritz OdemarThe Cheater
- Paul KempPickpocket with Six Watches
- Theo LingenBauernfänger
- Rudolf BlümnerBecker's 'Attorney'
- Georg JohnBlind Panhandler
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