Ich kann mich daran erinnern, dass ich als kleines Kind begebracht bekommen habe das ich nichts von fremden Menschen anehmen darf, auch nicht wenn sie freundlich sind! Und hier sehe ich dieses dumme Gequatsche in einem 80 jahre alten Film, noch dazu in einem Kindermörderstreifen. Hier ist der Anfang von Unterhaltungspropaganda zu sehen, der aus damals brandaktuellen psychoanalytischen Erkenntnissen alá Freud u. Edward L. Bernays z.B. hervorgegangen ist und noch keine Ende gefunden hat!
Die Universum-Film A.G., besser bekannt als "Ufa", wurde mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg 1917 von einem Konsortium unter der Leitung der Deutschen Bank mit geheimer Beteiligung des Deutschen Reiches als Medium der Kriegspropaganda gegründet. Am 18. Dezember 1917 fand die Gründungssitzung der Ufa statt. Das Vorstandsmitglied der Deutschen Bank Emil Georg von Stauß (1877-1942) wurde ihr erster Vorsitzender.
Einer der besten Filme, den ich gesehen habe. Das, aus vielen Gründen. Seltsam aber, der Film widerspiegelt Deutschland vor der Naziizeit. Ein ganz normales land mit normalen Menschen. Die Polizei und die Kriminalbeamten, alles gute und vernünftige Leute.
The chief criminal is the main character of the title. You also strike me as some one who is a child molester. You sick perverted piece of shit. You need to be locked up some where to keep our children safe and so you can get the help you need.
Wenn man sich überlegt das ein paar Jahre später Millionen von Menschen aus dem Land in dem dieser Film gedreht wurde selbst zu Mördern geworden sind, ist es erstaunlich zu sehen, wie demokratisch und erfrischend human die Einstellung Fritz Langs war. Dieses Thema hat die Menscheit wohl schon beschäftigt, seit es Menschen gibt und es beherrscht uns heute noch praktisch täglich. Doch Fritz Lang hatte eine vernünftigere Einstellung dazu, als Volksverhetzer wie RTL und Co. heute!
could anyone analytically inform me about the sound and its expressiveness and effectiveness, someone mentioned to me that this movies use of sound makes it 'special' so i was hoping someone could inform me.
it was the first time that sound has been used as effects and not just hearing what the actors are saying. the souns appears sometime before you see the image and that was new to that time
@sgasperx yeah this upload of the movie cuts out, but that is the final scene, it just fades out at the end where the mothers are mourning their children.
Where there is no single hero, no one protagonist to root for, but the entirety of the city as they make mistake and revelation, and to cheer both the light and dark sides of justice as they reach out for the same bit of chaos hidden within their midst.
Even with such a gloomy ending, the resolution is satisfying, and quite realistic. Again, an amazing film by Fritz Lang, and to be sure, I am glad that it provided it for free viewing on Youtube.
Thank you for uploading this masterpiece... it is rare to find.. The three Films Fritz Lang did on the screenplays of Thea von Hardou are non just great, but also important for comprehend story and modern society.
One of the most chilling films ever made whose relevance is as great today as it was then. Peter Lorre was brilliant. I loved the criminal underworld's unspoken mantra: 'Thieves, forgers, whores, con artists, mobsters and drug dealers we may be, but even WE don't tolerate child killers.' LuckyStrike502, I bow to you, sir, for putting this movie up.
after this movie came out, the response from women was crazy. when peter walked down the street women some woem would pull their kids close and a lot of women would write letters to peter telling him they loved his eyes and some women would write begging him to come and whip them sexually. it was a riot. many women found him sexy but men of course only see his buggy eyes and cast him as characters.
@mastermary2 There was a serial killer in Germany in 1920's and 30's named Peter Kurten that did very similar crimes; Fritz Land denied basing this movie off of him, though.
@BenB8290 Yeah, I am having a lecture about that. Peter Kürten ("The Vampire of Düsseldorf"), but also Fritz Haarmann and the butcher Georg Karl Grossmann did very similar murders.
@BenB8290 Yes they are. There were a couple of serial killers after World War I. Georg Karl Großmann was a German butcher who killed female prostitutes and beggars and he sold their meat at the market. Fritz Haarmann was convicted for killing 24 little boys (and he said that there were a lot more). There was another one I forgot: Karl Denke who made suspenders and shoe laces out of his victims. Yeah. It's a really disturbing subject.
@mastermary2 There was a serial killer in Germany in 1920's and 30's named Peter Kurten that did very similar crimes; Fritz Lang denied basing this movie off of him, though.
@VideoRoom207 So what? Why bash LuckyStrike502 for doing the service of posting these videos on YouTube--something the archive site didn't think to do themselves? LuckyStrike502's spreading of these videos to a wider audience stole nothing from the archive site. If anything, he deserves credit for all the work he went through to put all these videos up on YouTube for us to watch. Why should he get no credit for this work, just because the archive site initially put the video together?
Just saw this on Blu-ray (Masters of Cinema Series). Probably one of the most influential films I have ever seen; it's a masterpiece! The Blu-ray is awesome too, buy it, it's worth every penny!
Thanks so much for this and 'Nosferatu.' I joined a German Film class 2 weeks later into the semester; so I needed to watch and review these before I attend my first class. Saved me a trip to the library, LOL!
@VideoRoom207 Yes, I am earning revenue from this. No, it does not mean anyone can upload this and earn revenue from it. Only partners can. It is fair. I thought of a way to share classic movies with everyone, and make money in the process. I found a good money making strategy. What's wrong with that?
@VideoRoom207 Honestly, you don't know what you're talking about. That Internet Archive did all of ITS work. There are NUMEROUS sites out there who provide public domain material, and 99.9% of them have advertisers. That means, they make money as well! I even provided a link over in the description to their site. If anything, I'm helping them out! It is no different for me to upload public domain material here on YouTube, than to upload it anywhere else.
@VideoRoom207 If people actually think I did the work, that's their problem. That's common sense. Why don't you just fuck off and spread your hate elsewhere, you inconsiderate douchebag.
@VideoRoom207 dude thats hollywood okay. even peter lorre didnt want to do this film, and even despised doing the Mr. Moto flicks and admitted he got thru it by doing dope. why? FOR MONEY?! so sit down, shut up, and enjoy the movie. plz.
@JennelleBelle Isn't M the movie that made him famous? He was an unknown actor before that. Maybe he said he was bothered by the plot few years after 1931 but at the time I assure you that he saw the fact that he was cast for this movie as a big opportunity. Also, it is said, and probably this is true, that, to make the final scene more credible, Fritz Land would put Peter Lorre to be beaten for real.
@LuckyStrike502 Thank you, so very much, for this upload. I've heard of Fritz Lang but never wondered much about him and his films till after watching METROPOLIS earlier this evening. Sensational. TCM is playing this right now, but I much rather watch it on my own time. Cheers!
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ein kleiner dicker Jude mit Schweinsaugen: prädestiniert für die Rolle des widerlichen Kinderschänders. Merkwürdigerweise sehen viele, die sie erwischen auch heute noch so aus. Gruslig
Toll dass du hier allen den Mörder verrätst, die den Film noch nicht kennen. Man will sich hier bei den Comments 2 3 Meinungen anhören bevor man sich 2 Stunden nen so alten Film gibt und dann kriegt man gleich schon den Mörder präsentiert, sehr rücksichtsvoll.
Wer den Film nur aus Youtube kennt, ist entweder ein Hosenscheisser oder Banause. Für ersteres gilt: Ball flach halten. Film angucken und dann Kommentare lesen. Oder mal vom PC aufstehen und nen Film kaufen gehen! Mit zweiterem rede ich gar nicht erst.
@Amoniak7 Wer ein 80 jahre alten Film kauft und sich ärgert, weil man ihn inzwischen auch im Internet schauen kann und sich etwas drauf einbildet, dass man ihn igrendwie von Bedeutung als erster gesehen oder gekauft hat, ist einfach nur ein Idiot! Wer heute noch Filme kauft, begreift anscheind nicht, dass man inzwischen sein ganzes Leben lang ein Film nach dem anderen kostenlos sehen kann, ohne sich jemals eine Wiederholung oder den Propaganda-Film-Dreck von heute klotzen zu müssen! I Pi on u
its so cool that its actually Fritz lang himself who whistles, not peter lorre. Lorre couldnt whistle when this movie was made, so lang did it for him.
@ColdmaN5 Not that they're explicit or racy, but for some reason I always ignorantly associated oldies with la-di-da mannerisms and light hearted themes because of censorship. Yesterday I saw Broken Blossoms and was shocked by the depth of the content--child abuse, interracial relations (now that is overshadowed by the racism of the casting but in 1919 when it interracial relations were illegal it was major) I can't believe the best serial killer movie is from 1931! And the whistling! Creepy!
@Phishy90 I finally watched this again. The Berlin of 1931 was a left over from the twenties when Berlin really rocked. If Hitler wouldn't have came to power I see Berlin becoming one of the film capitals of the world. There were so many other amazing film makers there at that period. Not to menton actors and actresses. Marliene Dietrich comes to mind. In those days there were totally nude stage reviews and if you got an STD from a prostitute, you could sue her in the public court.
@mytvmemories No, Berlin in 1931 was a horrible place. Long lines of unemployed and homeless trying to get something to eat. Criminal gangs and communist riots. A woman I know who lived in Berlin as a young girl was intimidated by the pedophiles. They even put their penises through the mail slot. After 1933 Berlin became safe, and everybody got employed and got better social security. The pedophiles were locked up.
Have you ever asked a jew, who lived in those times what he thinks about employment and security after 1933? I bet you would hear about worse things than pedophiles.
@Podager It's true that the good NS reforms in Germany were for the German people, and not for its enemies. The pedophilia promoters at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin were almost all jews, and they got unemployed pretty quick...
What do you know about it? Who are you anyway? Who are you? Criminals? Are you proud of yourselves? Proud of breaking safes or cheating at cards? Things you could just as well keep your fingers off. You wouldn't need to do all that if you'd learn a proper trade or if you'd work. If you weren't a bunch of lazy bastards. But I... I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!
I saw this film when I was in college, and it is just amazing. Made shortly before Hitler came to power it shows Germany in a period that will be lost forever. So many shots in this movie have been copied over and over. I always remember the mothers voice calling out her child's name while showing the empty stairs and the balloon blowing away. I'm adding this as a favorite so I can watch it again when I get time
Are they really saying words like "bastard" (I just wouldn't have expected it in a film of this age) or is it like Nosferatu where the names have been changed?
@Ashbyelliotts Yes because this is a European film and even then those films were more liberal than American Films. In the United States films were also quite liberal before the Hays Code in 1934.
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This movie is loosely based on the story of Peter Kürten "the vampire of Düsseldorf", a german serial killer from the 1920ies/early '30ies.
In the 1920ies there were three rather famous serial killers in Germany: Peter Kürten, Fritz Haarmann, Arthur Denke, who scared the shit out of the population who weren't "used" to this kind of criminals like today.
Even the song the kids sing in the beginning is authentic but originally was about Fritz Haarmann "the werewolf of Hannover".
I don't get the crime boss' decision not to involve the cops. Not involving them will mean the cops will never know the killer is dealt with, meaning the cops will continue searching and busting up his businesses! This flies in the face of the boss' entire motivation and slightly derails the story.
@Kooshmeister3: Not really if you assume the criminals would have revealed the identity of the murderer to the public after killing him. When they got him, Lohmann and his men allready knew his name und who he was. it would have been easy to check if the dead person was him.
Thank you for posting this! It's fantastic how they made movies back then compared to present. I find black/white horror movies scarier than the modern ones.
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it is absolutely impressive that this movie is still so modern. i mean the theme.
one bad thing though: this movie is not public Domain. There is a copyright holder for this movie. doesnt matter though all ppl should get the Bluray for this one.
(1) Steht das Urheberrecht mehreren Miturhebern (§ 8) zu, so erlischt es siebzig Jahre nach dem Tode des längstlebenden Miturhebers.
(2) Bei Filmwerken (...), erlischt das Urheberrecht siebzig Jahre nach dem Tod des Längstlebenden der folgenden Personen: Hauptregisseur, Urheber des Drehbuchs, Urheber der Dialoge, Komponist der für das betreffende Filmwerk komponierten Musik.
... gruselig dieser FRITZ HAARMANN Reim den das Mädchen zu beginn aufsagt - auch wenn er nicht ganz richtig ist, sollte er doch an den Massenmörder erinnern.
@olwa38 Wer nörgelt denn? Den Film habe ich jetzt auf dvd. Digital überarbeitet macht der Film einiges her. in youtube sieht es aus wie eine 50mal kopierte Videokassette mit ausgeleiherter Spur. Selbst 1931 war das Bild deutlicher als hier. Dafür ist es umsonst xD
I'm doing my skilled work about this movie and which part Berlin plays in it. I love these old movies. If anyone has got some sources or book tips for me, I would be very glad! Thanks! =)
Ich schreib bald meine Facharbeit über "M" und wie Berlin in diesem Film dargestellt ist. Mir gefällt das thema wirklich gut, da es ja echt ein Klassiker ist und ich solche alten Filme liebe, aber wenn jemand ein paar gute Quellen oder Buchtipps für mich hätte würde ich mich sehr freuen =) Danke!
@Sturmgarde hätten die nazis die ganzen grossen künstler wie fritz lang und peter lorre nicht in die usa vertrieben hätten wir auch nach 1931 etwas auf das wir stolz sein könnten.
I think that every student should be made to watch this movie. It raises some interesting questions about punishment and justice. A difficult but worthwhile film to watch. Danke.
First rate job as far as the subtitles are concerned. Thanks LuckyStrike502.
I'm sure it takes tremendous effort to do so. This film contains many German idioms and Berlin expressions, so it is difficult to translate these into English.
Vielen Dank für die Untertitelung in englischer Sprache, LuckyStrike502. Es erfordert viel Mühe, dies zu tun, und manche deutsche u. Berliner Redewendungen lassen sich nicht ohne Weiteres ins Englische übersetzen.
Mein liebes Kind, pass besser auf, Fritz Haarmann sucht nach dir, Er wird dich aufschlitzen, dein Blut verspritzen, Zum stillen seiner hungrigen Gier. Warte, warte noch ein Weilchen, Dann kommt Haarmann auch zu dir, Mit seinem Hackebeilchen, Macht er Leberwurst aus dir. Haarmann tötete in den 20ern an die 30 Stricherjungen, um sie dann zu essen oder ihr Fleisch als Rind- oder Schwinefleisch zu verkaufen! Um 1925 wurde er verhaftet und enthauptet.
Does anyone know the literal translation of the words being spoken n Elsie's Chant ? -- "Just you wait a little while the evil man in black will come. With his little chopper he will chop you up" -- It almost sounds like she may be repeating her first two words or even counting eins, twei at the beginning of the chant...
VERY literally translated, and as well as I could hear it. She is repeating the word "warte" (wait) at the beginning, but she doesn't say einz zwei, but she adds the german suffix "chen"(it means "little") to the end of some of her words, which makes it rhyme.
Thanks. I could hear the "warte, warte", so I knew the english subtitles were not translating the verse exactly. I thought maybe they were translating "warte warte" to the whole phrase "just you wait a little while" - but I couldn't tell what she was saying after that. Thought it kind of sounded similar to einz zwei...like maybe she was saying "wait and wait for one two whiles"...I figured I was probably wrong. Thanks for the clarification...
nur ein weilechen (thats not gonna translate on most translators, I'll explain it)
Dann kommt den schwartzen mann zu dir
Mit dem kleinen Hackebeilchen
macht er kleinen fleisch aus dir
weilechen is probably not gonna translate, and I may be wrong she may be something else its hard to hear. But if it is weilechin, it means literally a very small amount of time. Hope that helped.
Ich kann mich daran erinnern, dass ich als kleines Kind begebracht bekommen habe das ich nichts von fremden Menschen anehmen darf, auch nicht wenn sie freundlich sind! Und hier sehe ich dieses dumme Gequatsche in einem 80 jahre alten Film, noch dazu in einem Kindermörderstreifen. Hier ist der Anfang von Unterhaltungspropaganda zu sehen, der aus damals brandaktuellen psychoanalytischen Erkenntnissen alá Freud u. Edward L. Bernays z.B. hervorgegangen ist und noch keine Ende gefunden hat!
Denkverbrecher 7 months ago
Die Universum-Film A.G., besser bekannt als "Ufa", wurde mitten im Ersten Weltkrieg 1917 von einem Konsortium unter der Leitung der Deutschen Bank mit geheimer Beteiligung des Deutschen Reiches als Medium der Kriegspropaganda gegründet. Am 18. Dezember 1917 fand die Gründungssitzung der Ufa statt. Das Vorstandsmitglied der Deutschen Bank Emil Georg von Stauß (1877-1942) wurde ihr erster Vorsitzender.
Denkverbrecher 7 months ago
Nothing new at 12:33. Heightened media attention on child crimes breeds suspicious minds.
jayjaypen2 7 months ago
Einer der besten Filme, den ich gesehen habe. Das, aus vielen Gründen. Seltsam aber, der Film widerspiegelt Deutschland vor der Naziizeit. Ein ganz normales land mit normalen Menschen. Die Polizei und die Kriminalbeamten, alles gute und vernünftige Leute.
johan12564 7 months ago
Amazing work of art...
orrissanen 7 months ago
HIDE YO KIDS. HIDE YO WIVES.
chalexandria 7 months ago
This is one of my favorites! I've enjoyed it big time, thanks.
chlorohydra 7 months ago
Thank you SO MUCH for having the subtitles. I was afraid id have to watch it and not understand it.
ReverseReverse404 7 months ago
Thanks so much for sharing this. I've been wanting to see it for a long time.!
meddetect10 7 months ago
im reeeli thankful that i speak german!
Ge7xGooDx 8 months ago
RIP Peter Lorre
Askaban1469 8 months ago
VIELEN DANKE FüR UPLOAD DIESE FILM
IST GROSS.
DANKE DANKE. ICH SUCHTE ES und jetzt fand ich es
trassggoo 9 months ago
is it weird that I really admire the Chief Criminal? He's pragmatic, he's correct, and he has an awesome leather trench coat.
beepandbop 9 months ago
@beepandbop
It figures someone like you would admire a murdering child molester. Sick bastard.
radioblueheart 9 months ago
@radioblueheart are you mentally challenged? The Chief Criminal is the guy presiding over the kangaroo court...the guy who orchestrated the sting.
I know reading comprehension is sadly under-taught these days, but this has to be a new record.
beepandbop 9 months ago
@beepandbop
The chief criminal is the main character of the title. You also strike me as some one who is a child molester. You sick perverted piece of shit. You need to be locked up some where to keep our children safe and so you can get the help you need.
radioblueheart 9 months ago
@radioblueheart hahahahahahaha WOW. I am speechless. You may have just won the coveted Moron Prize. Damn, you really worked hard for it.
beepandbop 9 months ago
Wenn man sich überlegt das ein paar Jahre später Millionen von Menschen aus dem Land in dem dieser Film gedreht wurde selbst zu Mördern geworden sind, ist es erstaunlich zu sehen, wie demokratisch und erfrischend human die Einstellung Fritz Langs war. Dieses Thema hat die Menscheit wohl schon beschäftigt, seit es Menschen gibt und es beherrscht uns heute noch praktisch täglich. Doch Fritz Lang hatte eine vernünftigere Einstellung dazu, als Volksverhetzer wie RTL und Co. heute!
MoBinger 9 months ago
@MoBinger Millionen von Menschen wurden zu Mördern? Wer hat dir denn ins Hirn geschissen? Wahrscheinlich Herr Churchill persönlich.
WerwolfthronA 9 months ago
okay it's been fifteen seconds and i'm getting goosebumps already. i guess this has to be good
soulofL 10 months ago
@sgasperx: Yes, the movie is supposed to end that way.
MusicOTNight2096 10 months ago
bei 30:10 das ist doch Theo Lingen oder nicht ?
skiandhu12 10 months ago
@skiandhu12
ja das ist er
steht in seiner Filmographie auf Wikipedia
Littled1980 10 months ago
Danke fürs reinstellen !!!!!!
skiandhu12 10 months ago
could anyone analytically inform me about the sound and its expressiveness and effectiveness, someone mentioned to me that this movies use of sound makes it 'special' so i was hoping someone could inform me.
smileyseverywhere 10 months ago
@smileyseverywhere Most of the movie was silently filmed, with a little bit of sound film and overdubbing some silent parts if Im not mistaken
superbumfinkel 10 months ago
@smileyseverywhere
it was the first time that sound has been used as effects and not just hearing what the actors are saying. the souns appears sometime before you see the image and that was new to that time
Amir
Israel
amirlavie 10 months ago
M is just the name of the movie... fritz lang is the one who produced it...
LittleSadSister 11 months ago
Was the ending cut off or is it supposed to end like that?
sgasperx 11 months ago
@sgasperx yeah this upload of the movie cuts out, but that is the final scene, it just fades out at the end where the mothers are mourning their children.
magentacats 11 months ago
lol
sinetrixX 11 months ago
An amazing film, and a brilliant, classic plot.
Where there is no single hero, no one protagonist to root for, but the entirety of the city as they make mistake and revelation, and to cheer both the light and dark sides of justice as they reach out for the same bit of chaos hidden within their midst.
Even with such a gloomy ending, the resolution is satisfying, and quite realistic. Again, an amazing film by Fritz Lang, and to be sure, I am glad that it provided it for free viewing on Youtube.
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"Hören Sie mir bloss auf, mit der Mitarbeit des Publikums"
JackBuio 1 year ago
WONDERFUL! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.
susannebass 1 year ago
Thank you for uploading this masterpiece... it is rare to find.. The three Films Fritz Lang did on the screenplays of Thea von Hardou are non just great, but also important for comprehend story and modern society.
MmeFigaro 1 year ago
Classic expressionist film excel. d/l. thank- you very much.
MrRocketman19 1 year ago
Solche Schweine gehören genauso gequält wie sie die kinder gequält haben. totalkatration zuerst
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SoroPotan 1 year ago
Your channel is GOLD, Lucky. You know your movies. Thanks!
conewells 1 year ago
@conewells you're goddamn right!
AntonioFDZ 1 year ago
Awkward movie on many levels. But very interesting. Thanks for posting this!
IcePirate3 1 year ago
Neinn mann!! lass noch ein bischen tanzen
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grimjob69 1 year ago
@grimjob69 and so are you.
DH1234561 11 months ago
One of the most chilling films ever made whose relevance is as great today as it was then. Peter Lorre was brilliant. I loved the criminal underworld's unspoken mantra: 'Thieves, forgers, whores, con artists, mobsters and drug dealers we may be, but even WE don't tolerate child killers.' LuckyStrike502, I bow to you, sir, for putting this movie up.
MusicOTNight2096 1 year ago
@MusicOTNight2096 AAhh another person who shares my opinon by think how awesome peter lorre is
DrLeonardBonesMcCoy 1 year ago
@DrLeonardBonesMcCoy Yes indeedy. And your name makes you eternally awesome :-D
MusicOTNight2096 1 year ago
This is the best print I have seen yet. Thank you.
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kumudakamal 1 year ago
after this movie came out, the response from women was crazy. when peter walked down the street women some woem would pull their kids close and a lot of women would write letters to peter telling him they loved his eyes and some women would write begging him to come and whip them sexually. it was a riot. many women found him sexy but men of course only see his buggy eyes and cast him as characters.
JennelleBelle 1 year ago
Ich hab bessere Übersetzungen in der 11. Klasse gemacht als diese Untertitel...was ein Schwachsinn.
Aber ansonsten fand ich den Film echt krass :D
BoJanglezzzzzz 1 year ago
not M but P.
ayn0612 1 year ago
this is a masterpiece indeed, it will always be relevant
lyonleipzig 1 year ago
i must have heard it 100 times before,but what is the name of the song/classical piece that Peter Lorre keeps whisteling?
wolfejimmyy 1 year ago
@wolfejimmyy according to IMDB, the song is called "Le Halle du Roi de la Montagne"
in "Peer Gynt Suite No.1, Op.46" (1876)
Written by Edvard Grieg
I suggest searching YT to confirm, I just pasted this.
UtsniatheMightyOne 1 year ago
This is a true story
mastermary2 1 year ago
@mastermary2 There was a serial killer in Germany in 1920's and 30's named Peter Kurten that did very similar crimes; Fritz Land denied basing this movie off of him, though.
BenB8290 1 year ago
@BenB8290 Yeah, I am having a lecture about that. Peter Kürten ("The Vampire of Düsseldorf"), but also Fritz Haarmann and the butcher Georg Karl Grossmann did very similar murders.
alperloos 1 year ago
@alperloos I've never heard of those other two; are they German as well?
BenB8290 1 year ago
@BenB8290 Yes they are. There were a couple of serial killers after World War I. Georg Karl Großmann was a German butcher who killed female prostitutes and beggars and he sold their meat at the market. Fritz Haarmann was convicted for killing 24 little boys (and he said that there were a lot more). There was another one I forgot: Karl Denke who made suspenders and shoe laces out of his victims. Yeah. It's a really disturbing subject.
alperloos 1 year ago
@BenB8290 Actually after the death penalty of Peter Kürten they examined his brain and now you can view his actual brain in an American museum.
alperloos 1 year ago
@alperloos I've read that. Its in Wisonsin at Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum.
BenB8290 1 year ago
@alperloos "Serienmord als ästhetisches und kulturhistorisches Phänomen"? XD Ich auch
YehSti 1 year ago
@YehSti hahahaha :D jaaa! wie geil :)
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@mastermary2 There was a serial killer in Germany in 1920's and 30's named Peter Kurten that did very similar crimes; Fritz Lang denied basing this movie off of him, though.
BenB8290 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 So what? Why bash LuckyStrike502 for doing the service of posting these videos on YouTube--something the archive site didn't think to do themselves? LuckyStrike502's spreading of these videos to a wider audience stole nothing from the archive site. If anything, he deserves credit for all the work he went through to put all these videos up on YouTube for us to watch. Why should he get no credit for this work, just because the archive site initially put the video together?
aikefu 1 year ago 2
Just saw this on Blu-ray (Masters of Cinema Series). Probably one of the most influential films I have ever seen; it's a masterpiece! The Blu-ray is awesome too, buy it, it's worth every penny!
jordyvanbuel 1 year ago
Thanks so much for uploading this!!
sangreal2999 1 year ago
Thanks so much for this and 'Nosferatu.' I joined a German Film class 2 weeks later into the semester; so I needed to watch and review these before I attend my first class. Saved me a trip to the library, LOL!
l0os3nup 1 year ago
@l0os3nup U of A?
linkin49park182 1 year ago
@linkin49park182 No, UConn
l0os3nup 1 year ago
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VideoRoom207 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 Yes, I am earning revenue from this. No, it does not mean anyone can upload this and earn revenue from it. Only partners can. It is fair. I thought of a way to share classic movies with everyone, and make money in the process. I found a good money making strategy. What's wrong with that?
LuckyStrike502 1 year ago
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VideoRoom207 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 Honestly, you don't know what you're talking about. That Internet Archive did all of ITS work. There are NUMEROUS sites out there who provide public domain material, and 99.9% of them have advertisers. That means, they make money as well! I even provided a link over in the description to their site. If anything, I'm helping them out! It is no different for me to upload public domain material here on YouTube, than to upload it anywhere else.
LuckyStrike502 1 year ago 7
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VideoRoom207 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 If people actually think I did the work, that's their problem. That's common sense. Why don't you just fuck off and spread your hate elsewhere, you inconsiderate douchebag.
LuckyStrike502 1 year ago 28
@LuckyStrike502 that diserve a OH SNAP
DrLeonardBonesMcCoy 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 at least he's exposing art on the modern mrket instead of complaining about bit thinking of doing it first. so just get a life.
cinephilefromhell 1 year ago
@VideoRoom207 dude thats hollywood okay. even peter lorre didnt want to do this film, and even despised doing the Mr. Moto flicks and admitted he got thru it by doing dope. why? FOR MONEY?! so sit down, shut up, and enjoy the movie. plz.
JennelleBelle 1 year ago
@JennelleBelle Peter Lorre didn't want to do this movie?
davvidd19 11 months ago
@davvidd19 no...he was bothered by the plot, and was scared it would typecast him as a villain (which it eventually did).
JennelleBelle 11 months ago
@JennelleBelle Isn't M the movie that made him famous? He was an unknown actor before that. Maybe he said he was bothered by the plot few years after 1931 but at the time I assure you that he saw the fact that he was cast for this movie as a big opportunity. Also, it is said, and probably this is true, that, to make the final scene more credible, Fritz Land would put Peter Lorre to be beaten for real.
davvidd19 11 months ago
@davvidd19 he couldnt walk for 3 days because he was kicked in the shins so badly (the scene when he tried to run up the steps).
and as for being an unkown actor...yes in the usa he was but def not in germany.
JennelleBelle 10 months ago
@LuckyStrike502 Thank you, so very much, for this upload. I've heard of Fritz Lang but never wondered much about him and his films till after watching METROPOLIS earlier this evening. Sensational. TCM is playing this right now, but I much rather watch it on my own time. Cheers!
Bla31n 1 year ago
What gives it the right to be in public domain? I think I read about it somewhere? Like it has to be a certain number of years out...is that right?
ItsumoYume 1 year ago
Yes, you can use the images in any project. You see a lot of public domain movie clips in TV series when the characters are watching TV. Otherwise, at the end of a movie or TV show, the Producers state: Clip of ? courtesy of .....
damienrecords 1 year ago
ein kleiner dicker Jude mit Schweinsaugen: prädestiniert für die Rolle des widerlichen Kinderschänders. Merkwürdigerweise sehen viele, die sie erwischen auch heute noch so aus. Gruslig
Amoniak7 1 year ago
@Amoniak7
Toll dass du hier allen den Mörder verrätst, die den Film noch nicht kennen. Man will sich hier bei den Comments 2 3 Meinungen anhören bevor man sich 2 Stunden nen so alten Film gibt und dann kriegt man gleich schon den Mörder präsentiert, sehr rücksichtsvoll.
DennismooreMP 1 year ago
@DennismooreMP
Wer den Film nur aus Youtube kennt, ist entweder ein Hosenscheisser oder Banause. Für ersteres gilt: Ball flach halten. Film angucken und dann Kommentare lesen. Oder mal vom PC aufstehen und nen Film kaufen gehen! Mit zweiterem rede ich gar nicht erst.
Amoniak7 7 months ago
@Amoniak7 Wer ein 80 jahre alten Film kauft und sich ärgert, weil man ihn inzwischen auch im Internet schauen kann und sich etwas drauf einbildet, dass man ihn igrendwie von Bedeutung als erster gesehen oder gekauft hat, ist einfach nur ein Idiot! Wer heute noch Filme kauft, begreift anscheind nicht, dass man inzwischen sein ganzes Leben lang ein Film nach dem anderen kostenlos sehen kann, ohne sich jemals eine Wiederholung oder den Propaganda-Film-Dreck von heute klotzen zu müssen! I Pi on u
Denkverbrecher 7 months ago
@Amoniak7 Oder so wie du. Schäm dich für diesen Kommentar!
winterweib 1 year ago
nice translation 36:52 "zum Teufel nochmal" = "christ"?!? :-) Damn or even "sod it!" would be better. But the "Teufel" is the devil! :-)
Amoniak7 1 year ago
This is definitely a masterpiece
ThreeCatsScratching 1 year ago
This is my all-time favorite German film. It helps that Peter Lorre is my favorite German actor too :)
Liebling05 1 year ago
its so cool that its actually Fritz lang himself who whistles, not peter lorre. Lorre couldnt whistle when this movie was made, so lang did it for him.
Darkpaint84 1 year ago
Great movie! Thanks for the upload, how convenient it has English subtitles :)
icesyncer 1 year ago
Peter Lorre is Brilliant in this Masterpiece.
PlayIt4MeAgainSam 1 year ago
every time I indulge in German art, be it cinema or otherwise, I am always blown away. This film is no exception
Polpats 1 year ago
@ColdmaN5 Not that they're explicit or racy, but for some reason I always ignorantly associated oldies with la-di-da mannerisms and light hearted themes because of censorship. Yesterday I saw Broken Blossoms and was shocked by the depth of the content--child abuse, interracial relations (now that is overshadowed by the racism of the casting but in 1919 when it interracial relations were illegal it was major) I can't believe the best serial killer movie is from 1931! And the whistling! Creepy!
Phishy90 1 year ago
@Phishy90 I finally watched this again. The Berlin of 1931 was a left over from the twenties when Berlin really rocked. If Hitler wouldn't have came to power I see Berlin becoming one of the film capitals of the world. There were so many other amazing film makers there at that period. Not to menton actors and actresses. Marliene Dietrich comes to mind. In those days there were totally nude stage reviews and if you got an STD from a prostitute, you could sue her in the public court.
mytvmemories 1 year ago
@mytvmemories No, Berlin in 1931 was a horrible place. Long lines of unemployed and homeless trying to get something to eat. Criminal gangs and communist riots. A woman I know who lived in Berlin as a young girl was intimidated by the pedophiles. They even put their penises through the mail slot. After 1933 Berlin became safe, and everybody got employed and got better social security. The pedophiles were locked up.
Gumbypotty 1 year ago
@Gumbypotty
Have you ever asked a jew, who lived in those times what he thinks about employment and security after 1933? I bet you would hear about worse things than pedophiles.
Podager 1 year ago
@Podager It's true that the good NS reforms in Germany were for the German people, and not for its enemies. The pedophilia promoters at the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin were almost all jews, and they got unemployed pretty quick...
Gumbypotty 1 year ago
What do you know about it? Who are you anyway? Who are you? Criminals? Are you proud of yourselves? Proud of breaking safes or cheating at cards? Things you could just as well keep your fingers off. You wouldn't need to do all that if you'd learn a proper trade or if you'd work. If you weren't a bunch of lazy bastards. But I... I can't help myself! I have no control over this, this evil thing inside of me, the fire, the voices, the torment!
sickbubblegum 1 year ago
I saw this film when I was in college, and it is just amazing. Made shortly before Hitler came to power it shows Germany in a period that will be lost forever. So many shots in this movie have been copied over and over. I always remember the mothers voice calling out her child's name while showing the empty stairs and the balloon blowing away. I'm adding this as a favorite so I can watch it again when I get time
mytvmemories 1 year ago
Thank You SO VERY MUCH!!! My boyfriend got this when we broke up and I have been... well... dying ;) to see it since! At least I got LaStrada!
WookieMoemoes 1 year ago
Are they really saying words like "bastard" (I just wouldn't have expected it in a film of this age) or is it like Nosferatu where the names have been changed?
Ashbyelliotts 1 year ago
@Ashbyelliotts Yes because this is a European film and even then those films were more liberal than American Films. In the United States films were also quite liberal before the Hays Code in 1934.
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adambec9 1 year ago
This movie is loosely based on the story of Peter Kürten "the vampire of Düsseldorf", a german serial killer from the 1920ies/early '30ies.
In the 1920ies there were three rather famous serial killers in Germany: Peter Kürten, Fritz Haarmann, Arthur Denke, who scared the shit out of the population who weren't "used" to this kind of criminals like today.
Even the song the kids sing in the beginning is authentic but originally was about Fritz Haarmann "the werewolf of Hannover".
NKA23 1 year ago
A really great movie! You can interpret so much into M.
Skullsire 1 year ago
Wir gucken den filme gerade im Deutschunterricht. Ich finde ihn gut.
We watch at time the movie in German. I find them good.
CrimeSmile 1 year ago
hoever translated this did a really really bad job
acbdfehg1324 1 year ago
Peter Lorre is an amazing actor!!
SuperBloopa 1 year ago
THIS IS ART!
flenne123 1 year ago
I don't get the crime boss' decision not to involve the cops. Not involving them will mean the cops will never know the killer is dealt with, meaning the cops will continue searching and busting up his businesses! This flies in the face of the boss' entire motivation and slightly derails the story.
Kooshmeister3 1 year ago
@Kooshmeister3: Not really if you assume the criminals would have revealed the identity of the murderer to the public after killing him. When they got him, Lohmann and his men allready knew his name und who he was. it would have been easy to check if the dead person was him.
Kildarby 1 year ago
@Kildarby I confess I didn't think of that. That makes sense.
Kooshmeister3 1 year ago
truly a masterpiece! Thank you for uploading this great movie
LANDnLIFE 1 year ago
amazing !
Kurdlov 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this! It's fantastic how they made movies back then compared to present. I find black/white horror movies scarier than the modern ones.
PhilseXO 1 year ago
@PhilseXO this ain't a horror film.
almanacofsleep 1 year ago
Powerful film ,I love it and it's one of the top from its era.
xxxkurtwayxxx 1 year ago
is this complete? it ends so suddenly
chrislandaverdedf 1 year ago
thank you for uploading this ^^
creia2008 1 year ago
OMG! u r my hero! i have been looking for this for almost 5 years
dmstewart66 1 year ago
excellent movie....thanks a mill for the upload..i had search for this one alot but couldn't find it anywhere....thanks again.
saeedkhan79 1 year ago 3
Thank you for posting it. I almost forgot this movie.
siska688 1 year ago 3
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it is absolutely impressive that this movie is still so modern. i mean the theme.
one bad thing though: this movie is not public Domain. There is a copyright holder for this movie. doesnt matter though all ppl should get the Bluray for this one.
moeloehoe 1 year ago
@moeloehoe This movie is public domain. If it wasn't, being a YouTube Partner, I wouldn't be able to upload it and earn revenue from it.
LuckyStrike502 1 year ago 6
@LuckyStrike502
does public domain also mean that it would be legal, to use just parts of the movies
in a video clip? cause i´m doing a musicvideo for my band and would like to use some scenes in it.
please answer back cause i don´t want to do something that could cause me trouble.
thank you
and thank you for uploading all this great "back in the day" movies.
sorry for my bad english i´m a german.
dazerkone 1 year ago 6
@dazerkone Yes, you can use anything in the public domain however you want to use it.
LuckyStrike502 1 year ago
@LuckyStrike502
great!
thank you
dazerkone 1 year ago
@dazerkone From my understanding, yes.
rttoronto 1 year ago
@dazerkone
soweit ich weiß ist der leibe fritz land noch keine 70 Jahre Tod, nach deutschem urheberrechtsgesetz sollte man wohl noch nichts samplen....
bin aber kein experte... ich würds auf jeden fall micht reskieren!
s0T0ll 1 year ago
@dazerkone
und jetzt noch der orginalwortlaut:
§ 65 UrhG [Miturheber, Filmwerke]
(1) Steht das Urheberrecht mehreren Miturhebern (§ 8) zu, so erlischt es siebzig Jahre nach dem Tode des längstlebenden Miturhebers.
(2) Bei Filmwerken (...), erlischt das Urheberrecht siebzig Jahre nach dem Tod des Längstlebenden der folgenden Personen: Hauptregisseur, Urheber des Drehbuchs, Urheber der Dialoge, Komponist der für das betreffende Filmwerk komponierten Musik.
s0T0ll 1 year ago
can anyone donload es geschah am hellichten tag. I really want to see it you cant get anywere in america
TheNaomiengland 1 year ago
... gruselig dieser FRITZ HAARMANN Reim den das Mädchen zu beginn aufsagt - auch wenn er nicht ganz richtig ist, sollte er doch an den Massenmörder erinnern.
Ein genialer Film!!!
RheingoldxxL 1 year ago 3
Diese Film ist GROSSARTIG - Und leider gottes immernoch Aktuell. Fritz Lang, ich ziehen den Hut von ihnen!
derfux 1 year ago 7
@derfux Hääää? Was willst du denn mit dem Hut von Fritz Lang? ;)
alperloos 1 year ago
@tastaturenpirat
der Film ist von 1931 [ !!! ] und nicht aus dem Jahre 20010 mit sämtlicher Kunst und Technik des Digitalem " Schnick-Schnack " .
Bitte auch mal mit etwas zufrieden sein.
PS:Aber so ist es mit fast allem...
Die Menschen sind unzufrieden und nörglerisch !
F - U - R - C - H - T - B - A - R ! ! !
olwa38 1 year ago 5
Sind Sie es vielleicht auch (ein bisschen) ???
fanas2772 1 year ago
nicht nur ein bischen !
PS:Wie kommen Sie zu diesem Entschluss ?
Können Sie das aus meinem Kommentar " lesen " ?
olwa38 1 year ago
... tja, viele sind einfach zu dumm zum leben!
... recht hast Du!
RheingoldxxL 1 year ago
@olwa38 Wer nörgelt denn? Den Film habe ich jetzt auf dvd. Digital überarbeitet macht der Film einiges her. in youtube sieht es aus wie eine 50mal kopierte Videokassette mit ausgeleiherter Spur. Selbst 1931 war das Bild deutlicher als hier. Dafür ist es umsonst xD
tastaturenpirat 1 year ago
A guy from the USA uploads M. That is funny and well done.
Thank you.
gillan5 2 years ago 2
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I'm doing my skilled work about this movie and which part Berlin plays in it. I love these old movies. If anyone has got some sources or book tips for me, I would be very glad! Thanks! =)
Ich schreib bald meine Facharbeit über "M" und wie Berlin in diesem Film dargestellt ist. Mir gefällt das thema wirklich gut, da es ja echt ein Klassiker ist und ich solche alten Filme liebe, aber wenn jemand ein paar gute Quellen oder Buchtipps für mich hätte würde ich mich sehr freuen =) Danke!
Merope16 2 years ago
Wow, the Bar-Lady is cool! ^^
imeldaDuke 2 years ago
Oh mein Gott, dieser Schatten..Das ganze ohne Musik.. wirklich gruselig!
imeldaDuke 2 years ago 2
I lieb diesen Film! Er ist einfach grossartig!
dearmalika 2 years ago
alte deutsche Kunst!
Sturmgarde 2 years ago
@Sturmgarde hätten die nazis die ganzen grossen künstler wie fritz lang und peter lorre nicht in die usa vertrieben hätten wir auch nach 1931 etwas auf das wir stolz sein könnten.
acbdfehg1324 1 year ago
Great movie! Thanks for uploading this.
I had to get used again to the german language, since I usually watch all movies in english.
Startwister 2 years ago
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Booooo!
G0aFreak 2 years ago
I think that every student should be made to watch this movie. It raises some interesting questions about punishment and justice. A difficult but worthwhile film to watch. Danke.
Ellas13thnight 2 years ago
schlechte qualität. der film müsste mal restauriert werden.
tastaturenpirat 2 years ago
@tastaturenpirat Der ist schon restauriert
BehnamLot 2 years ago
well, 1:13:40. the transparent person moving from right to left, carrying something.
JimiBubblehead 2 years ago
What's happening at 1:13:36 ??
JimiBubblehead 2 years ago
First rate job as far as the subtitles are concerned. Thanks LuckyStrike502.
I'm sure it takes tremendous effort to do so. This film contains many German idioms and Berlin expressions, so it is difficult to translate these into English.
Vielen Dank für die Untertitelung in englischer Sprache, LuckyStrike502. Es erfordert viel Mühe, dies zu tun, und manche deutsche u. Berliner Redewendungen lassen sich nicht ohne Weiteres ins Englische übersetzen.
puzzledobserver 2 years ago 2
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@puzzledobserver He didnt do shit, just downloaded it off a site and uploaded.
VideoRoom207 1 year ago
Just discovered your channel...
A treasure !
Thanks a lot !
I added you as "friend" before reading your words about it..sorry...The main thing is that you and your channel are here !
eutuve 2 years ago
ParaVision1985 2 years ago
awesome movie. loved it. depressing ending though.
I liked that throughout the entire movie there was no background music.
crazymikala 2 years ago
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one of the best movies i've ever seen.
kakadoodoo3000 2 years ago
Does anyone know the literal translation of the words being spoken n Elsie's Chant ? -- "Just you wait a little while the evil man in black will come. With his little chopper he will chop you up" -- It almost sounds like she may be repeating her first two words or even counting eins, twei at the beginning of the chant...
bradhartliep 2 years ago
Wait Wait
only a little while
then comes the black man to you
with the little chopeper
He will make you into little pieces of meat
you're out
VERY literally translated, and as well as I could hear it. She is repeating the word "warte" (wait) at the beginning, but she doesn't say einz zwei, but she adds the german suffix "chen"(it means "little") to the end of some of her words, which makes it rhyme.
08ahayden 2 years ago
Thanks. I could hear the "warte, warte", so I knew the english subtitles were not translating the verse exactly. I thought maybe they were translating "warte warte" to the whole phrase "just you wait a little while" - but I couldn't tell what she was saying after that. Thought it kind of sounded similar to einz zwei...like maybe she was saying "wait and wait for one two whiles"...I figured I was probably wrong. Thanks for the clarification...
bradhartliep 2 years ago
Could you provide the German text? As it is said by her? Translating the English back to German doesn't seem to work...
bradhartliep 2 years ago
warte warte
nur ein weilechen (thats not gonna translate on most translators, I'll explain it)
Dann kommt den schwartzen mann zu dir
Mit dem kleinen Hackebeilchen
macht er kleinen fleisch aus dir
weilechen is probably not gonna translate, and I may be wrong she may be something else its hard to hear. But if it is weilechin, it means literally a very small amount of time. Hope that helped.
08ahayden 2 years ago
Thanks. That makes much more sense then what I was trying to come up with. I couldn't understand "weilechen", "Hackebeilchen"
bradhartliep 2 years ago