M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?
The Safe Cracker

The Mastermind

The Godfather

The Judge
2 What is Elsie playing with when she meets the killer?
A doll

A cup and ball game

A balloon

A ball
3 What does the gang offer the street people for surveilling the streets?
A bounty

A banquet

A job

Liquor
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?
An apartment

A speakeasy

An office building

An abandoned distillery
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann
Optimistic about finding leads

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Imagine a pile of new paperwork

Want to throw up
6 Inspector Lohmann wants Franz to confess about
What was stolen during the break-in at the office building

The whereabouts of the child murderer

How he managed to break into the office building

His boss's identity
7 Beckert's defender in the distillery court scene says he should be tried in court because
Der Schränker is not an elected judge

He is clearly not of sound mind

It is demanded by the German consitution

The defender himself is not a certified lawyer
8 Beckert's drink of choice is
Whiskey

Beer

Water

Cognac
9 Which of the followig times do we see Beckert use his knife?
Peeling a piece of fruit

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Threatening someone who is following him

Carving his initials at a crime scene
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with
His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance

Actor Peter Lorre

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?
Article 51

Martial law

The Fourth Amendment

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

The school

The police

The family of a victim
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?
Empty shoes

Her incomplete homework

Her place setting at the dinner table

A rocking horse rocking by itself
15 What does the blind vendor sell?
Balloons

Candy

Knives

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

With her mother

On the swings in an empty playground

Reflecting in a mirror
17 How does Beckert try to pick the lock of the door he's trapped behind in the office building?
With the arm of his glasses

With his knife

With a key he found

By kicking it open
18 What sort of table do the police think Beckert's note was written on?
Cedar

Oak

Mahogany

Steel
19 What element of German Expressionism does Fritz Lang use to greatest effect?
Dramatic make-up

Shadows

Surreal set design

Odd camera angles
20 What is one item associated with aristocracy in this film?
Mirror

Cigars

Pocket watches

Fedoras
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?
Walking home alone

The child murderer

A bully

A passing car on the street
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
Guilty with the death sentence

Guilty with life in prison

We don't find out

Not guilty due to insanity
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?
Red

Black

Blue

Green
24 What space do the police NOT visit during their search?
Speakeasy

Prison

Mental asylum

A pharmacy
25 Who is portrayed as the conscience of the criminal underworld?
Der Schränker

The Security Guard

The Man with Seven Watches

Franz

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