There are a few repetitions and a few slow scenes. He was Jewish and escaped from Germany in 1933. Pour découvrir d'autres films : [34], The film was one of the first to use a leitmotif, a technique borrowed from opera, associating a tune with Lorre's character, who whistles the tune "In the Hall of the Mountain King" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite No. [51], A scene of the movie was used in the 1940 Nazi propaganda movie The Eternal Jew. : Ex. Now I have other things to say. Forcément , Kinski dans la version de Murnau , c'est peu probable !le chateau de l'araignée est effectivement un film magnifique .Comme dit Old Timer ce film a été conçu d'après l'histoire de Peter Kurten , violeur , pédophile , assassin .La version de Lang reste soft par rapport au personnage .En tous cas , ce film doit certainement sa notoriété au jeu d'acteur de Peter Lorre ,ce type hypnotise toute la planète rien qu'en la regardant !! Après plusieurs longs métrages en Allemagne dans les années trente dont un dirigé par Bertolt Brecht (Homme pour hommes, 1931), il se réfugie en France en 1933 lorsqu'Hitler prend le pouvoir. Losey stated that he had seen M in the early 1930s and watched it again shortly before shooting the remake, but that he "never referred to it. Elsie's place at the dinner table remains empty, her ball is shown rolling away across a patch of grass and her balloon is lost in the telephone lines overhead. The film stars Peter Lorre (1904-1964, he died at age 59). The blind man tells one of his friends, who tails the killer with assistance from other beggars he alerts along the way. En 1931, ce dernier lui offre le rôle du sadique amateur de petites filles de M le Maudit. Chargé de l’enquête, le commissaire Lohmann multiplie les rafles dans les bas-fonds. They stage frequent raids to question known criminals, disrupting underworld business so badly that Der Schränker (The Safecracker) calls a meeting of the city's crime lords. I have no control over this evil thing that is inside me—the fire, the voices, the torment![16]. A tracking number will indeed be provided for all our items. A woman sets the table for lunch, waiting for her daughter to come home from school. Pourquoi "M le Maudit" a marqué l'histoire du cinéma? Les membres de notre rédaction vous indiquent les films à voir à la télévision.... Pour écrire un commentaire, identifiez-vous. La psychose et un climat de délation s'emparent de la ville. Aussi, et je l'ai déjà brièvement mentionné, parce que la mise en scène est d'une efficacité redoutable. Il y tourne notamment Du haut en bas de G... Ce film qui date de 1932 a été d'abord censuré avec des scènes coupées puis interdit par Goebbels, une fois Hilter au pouvoir. [54], Jon J. Muth adapted the screenplay into a four part comic book series in 1990, which was reissued as a graphic novel in 2008. The screen fades to black as she adds, "All of you". Livraison gratuite dès 25 € d'achats. This item will ship to United States, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Découvrez aussi toutes les photos et vidéos de Peter Lorre L'acteur allemand Peter Lorre joue ici son premier rôle au cinéma, n'ayant fait jusque là de la figuration. [44], A Variety review said that the film was "a little too long. As a panel of judges prepares to deliver a verdict at Beckert's real trial, the mothers of three of his victims weep in the gallery. Suivre son activité Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Contact | Très belle oeuvre au niveau de la forme. Gênée par toute cette agitation la pègre décide de retrouver elle-même le criminel : elle charge les mendiants et les clochards de surveiller chaque coin de rue…. He immediately began receiving threatening letters in the mail and was also denied a studio space to shoot the film at the Staaken Studios. Chaque magazine ou journal ayant son propre système de notation, toutes les notes attribuées sont remises au barême de AlloCiné, de 1 à 5 étoiles. Under mounting pressure from city leaders, the police work around the clock. Peter Lorre, Actor: Casablanca. A wanted poster warns of a serial killer preying on children, as anxious parents wait outside a school. Peter Lorre - M. Report. [37] A complete print of the English version and selected scenes from the French version were included in the 2010 Criterion Collection releases of the film. It was voted the best German film of all time with 306 votes in a 1994 poll of 324 film journalists, film critics, filmmakers, and cineastes organized by the Association of German Cinémathèques [de]. With Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke. Lang made the film for Nero-Film, rather than with UFA or his own production company. In 1960, an edited 98-minute version was released. 474 abonnés Peter Lorre was a Hungarian-born American actor. An edited French version was also released but despite the fact that Lorre spoke French his speaking parts were dubbed. [56], While the location is never mentioned in the film, the dialect used by the characters is characteristic of Berliners, and a police inspector's map labeled "Berlin" and a policeman's order to take suspects to the "Alex", Berlin's central police headquarters on the, sfn error: no target: CITEREFSchneider2015 (, List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep: A Brief History of Child Murder in Cinema", "Fritz Lang's M: the Blueprint for the Serial Killer Movie", "M review – Fritz Lang's superb thriller fascinates", "Court TV Crime Library Serial Killers Movies", "A Textbook Classic Restored to Perfection", Review of 2010 M Blu-ray/DVD release (region 2), "DVD Extra: Peter Lorre's long-lost English-language debut", "Fritz Lang's 'M' is a great entertainment, but it's also a genre mashup", "Critic's Choice: 'M' stands for masterpiece", "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema: 33. Dune, James Bond 25, Cruella, Toute la presse ne parle que de ça : le maniaque tueur d’enfants, qui terrorise la ville depuis quelques temps, vient de faire une nouvelle victime. Just as the enraged mob is about to kill Beckert, the police arrive to arrest both him and the criminals. Il nous raconte l'histoire d'un tueur d'enfant dans l’Allemagne du début des années 1930, que Lang va nous présenter comme une victime, et qui va accuser toutes les couches de la société d'une corruption plus profonde.