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In a large German city, a sadistic child murderer is hunted by the police and by the beggars and theieves of the underworld. In German with English subtitles. Starring Peter Lorre.
Credits
Fritz Lang (1890–1976, direction); Thea von Harbou (1888–1954, writing); Fritz Arno Wagner (1894–1958, camera/lighting); Adolf Jansen (music); Peter Lorre (cast); Ellen Widmann (cast); Gustaf Gründgens (cast); Otto Wernicke (1893–1965, cast); Essex Films; Foremco Pictures Corp.; Nassau Films, inc.
Complete catalog record
A classic German Expressionistic film. Peter Lorre in his greatest role portrays a psychotic child molester - a pathetic vagabond figure, who experiences a frenzy at the sight of tender young school girls, and try as he may, he is unable to control the fervour of his criminal inclinations. The police disregard his letters of confession to them as the work of a lunatic.
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