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Peter Lorre stars as Hans Beckert, a recently released asylum inmate with a compulsion to kill little girls. In an attempt to capture the killer, the police pressure the city's criminal underworld, which in turn endeavors to find the killer themselves. Using a network of prostitutes, pickpockets and thugs, the criminals close in on Beckert and put him on trial in their own court.
Original Release
05/11/1931
US Release
09/30/1933
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Lorre | Hans Beckert |
Ellen Widmann | Frau Beckmann |
Inge Landgut | Elsie Beckmann |
Otto Wernicke | Inspector Karl Lohmann |
Theodor Loos | Inspector Groeber |
Gustaf Gründgens | Schränker |
Friedrich Gnaß | Franz |
Fritz Odemar | The Cheater |
Paul Kemp | Pickpocket with Six Watches |
Theo Lingen | Bauernfänger |
Directors
Writers
Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou, Egon Jacobsohn
Cast
Name | Character |
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Peter Lorre | Hans Beckert |
Ellen Widmann | Frau Beckmann |
Inge Landgut | Elsie Beckmann |
Otto Wernicke | Inspector Karl Lohmann |
Theodor Loos | Inspector Groeber |
Gustaf Gründgens | Schränker |
Friedrich Gnaß | Franz |
Fritz Odemar | The Cheater |
Paul Kemp | Pickpocket with Six Watches |
Theo Lingen | Bauernfänger |
Rudolf Blümner | Beckert's Defender / Becker's 'Attorney' |
Georg John | Blind Panhandler |
Franz Stein | Minister |
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur | Police Chief |
Gerhard Bienert | Criminal Secretary |
Karl Platen | Damowitz |
Rosa Valetti | Bartender |
Hertha von Walther | Prostitute |
Lucie Rhoden | Sekretärin im Polizeiarchiv |
Joseph Almas | Xxx |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Seymour Nebenzal | Producer |