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8.119311h 50mPGMovieDramaThrillerCrime

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…

DirectorFritz Lang
WritersFritz Lang·Thea von Harbou
ProducerSeymour Nebenzal

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Cast · Directed by Fritz Lang

PLPeter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Hans Beckert
EWEllen Widmann
Ellen Widmann
Frau Beckmann
ILInge Landgut
Inge Landgut
Elsie Beckmann
OWOtto Wernicke
Otto Wernicke
Inspector Karl Lohmann
TLTheodor Loos
Theodor Loos
Inspector Groeber
GGGustaf Gründgens
Gustaf Gründgens
Schränker
FG
Friedrich Gnaß
Franz
FOFritz Odemar
Fritz Odemar
The Cheater
PKPaul Kemp
Paul Kemp
Pickpocket with Six Watches
TLTheo Lingen
Theo Lingen
Bauernfänger
RBRudolf Blümner
Rudolf Blümner
Becker's 'Attorney'
GJGeorg John
Georg John
Blind Panhandler

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