M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?
The Mastermind

The Godfather

The Judge

The Safe Cracker
2 What is Elsie playing with when she meets the killer?
A ball

A cup and ball game

A doll

A balloon
3 What does the gang offer the street people for surveilling the streets?
A job

Liquor

A banquet

A bounty
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?
A speakeasy

An apartment

An office building

An abandoned distillery
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann
Want to throw up

Imagine a pile of new paperwork

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Optimistic about finding leads
6 Inspector Lohmann wants Franz to confess about
How he managed to break into the office building

What was stolen during the break-in at the office building

His boss's identity

The whereabouts of the child murderer
7 Beckert's defender in the distillery court scene says he should be tried in court because
The defender himself is not a certified lawyer

He is clearly not of sound mind

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

It is demanded by the German consitution
8 Beckert's drink of choice is
Water

Cognac

Beer

Whiskey
9 Which of the followig times do we see Beckert use his knife?
Threatening someone who is following him

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Peeling a piece of fruit
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with
His wife, Thea von Harbou

Actor Peter Lorre

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

No assistance
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?
Article 51

The Fourth Amendment

Martial law

Article 12
12 Where does Hans Beckert mail his first letter to?
The newspaper

The police

The school

The family of a victim
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?
Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?
A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her place setting at the dinner table

Empty shoes

Her incomplete homework
15 What does the blind vendor sell?
Candy

Balloons

Knives

Picture books
16 How does Beckert spot his second potential victim in the film?
Coming out of school

Reflecting in a mirror

On the swings in an empty playground

With her mother
17 How does Beckert try to pick the lock of the door he's trapped behind in the office building?
By kicking it open

With the arm of his glasses

With his knife

With a key he found
18 What sort of table do the police think Beckert's note was written on?
Steel

Cedar

Mahogany

Oak
19 What element of German Expressionism does Fritz Lang use to greatest effect?
Odd camera angles

Shadows

Dramatic make-up

Surreal set design
20 What is one item associated with aristocracy in this film?
Pocket watches

Mirror

Cigars

Fedoras
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?
A bully

A passing car on the street

The child murderer

Walking home alone
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
We don't find out

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with the death sentence

Guilty with life in prison
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?
Green

Red

Black

Blue
24 What space do the police NOT visit during their search?
Mental asylum

Prison

A pharmacy

Speakeasy
25 Who is portrayed as the conscience of the criminal underworld?
The Security Guard

Der Schränker

Franz

The Man with Seven Watches

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