Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- German
- Country
- Germany
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In German — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- berlin
- germany
- germany
- psychopath
- detective inspector
- child murder
- investigation
- film noir
- organized crime
- serial killer
- black and white
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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 — Becker's 'Attorney'
- Georg John — Blind Panhandler
- Franz Stein — Minister
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur — Police Chief
- Gerhard Bienert — Criminal Secretary
- Directed
- Fritz Lang
- Written
- Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang
Production
- Studio
- Nero-Film AG
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
