What is M (1931 movie)?
{{Infobox movie | name = M | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | director = [[Fritz Lang]] | producer = [[Seymour Nebenzal]] | writer = Fritz Lang<br />[[Thea von Harbou]] | based_on = A newspaper article about serial killer [[Peter Kuerten]]<br>by Egon Jacobson | starring = [[Peter Lorre]]<br />[[Otto Wernicke]]<br />[[Gustaf Gründgens]] | music = [[Edvard Grieg]] | cinematography = [[Fritz Arno Wagner]] | editing = Paul Falkenberg | studio = [[Nero-Film]] A.G. | distributor = Vereinigte Star-Film GmbH | released = {{Film date|df=y|1931|05|11}} | runtime = 111 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 111:07--><ref>{{cite web|title=''M'' (A)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/m-1970-4|archive-date=29 May 2014|work=[[British Board of Film Classification]]|date=24 May 1932|access-date=30 July 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529235715/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/m-1970-4|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | country = [[Weimar Republic|Weimar Republic of Germany]] | language = German }} '''''M''''' ({{lang-de|'''M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder'''}}— ''M – A City Searches for a Murderer'') is a 1931 German [[Drama (film and television)|drama]]-[[thriller (genre)|thriller movie]]. It was directed by [[Fritz Lang]], and it starred [[Peter Lorre]]. The film was written by Lang and his wife [[Thea von Harbou]]. It was the director's first [[sound film]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/19930 |title=Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep: A Brief History of Child Murder in Cinema |work=Bloody Disgusting! |access-date=19 April 2016}}</ref> The film focuses on the actions of a [[serial killer]]<ref>''Monsters of Weimar'' p. 296</ref> of children and the manhunt for him. The police and the [[Organized crime|criminal underworld]] do the manhunt.<ref>''Monsters of Weimar'' pp. 296-298</ref> Now considered a classic, the film was deemed by Lang to be his [[magnum opus]]