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Fritz Lang was already considered one of the leading filmmakers not just in Germany but in the world when he took a script by his wife Thea von Harbou to Nero Film and made perhaps the greatest crime film of all time. Considered a ‘Zeitfilm’ that dealt with contemporary social issues, “M” told the story of a child murderer on the loose in Berlin and how both sides of the law mobilized to bring the criminal to justice. Displaying an almost dizzying visual style to showcase a police procedural paired with an organized crime syndicate, and starring the instantly famous stage ac...
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