M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?

The Godfather

The Mastermind

The Safe Cracker

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

A ball

A balloon

A cup and ball game

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

A bounty

A banquet

Liquor

A job
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

An apartment

A speakeasy

An abandoned distillery

An office building
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann

Imagine a pile of new paperwork

Optimistic about finding leads

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

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

It is demanded by the German consitution

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

He is clearly not of sound mind

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

Whiskey

Cognac

Beer

Water
9 Which of the followig times do we see Beckert use his knife?

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Peeling a piece of fruit

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Threatening someone who is following him
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with

No assistance

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

His wife, Thea von Harbou

Actor Peter Lorre
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?

The Fourth Amendment

Article 51

Martial law

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

The police

The newspaper

The school

The family of a victim
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

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

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?

Her place setting at the dinner table

Empty shoes

Her incomplete homework

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

Picture books

Candy

Knives

Balloons
16 How does Beckert spot his second potential victim in the film?

Coming out of school

On the swings in an empty playground

With her mother

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 a key he found

With his knife

With the arm of his glasses

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

Oak

Steel

Cedar

Mahogany
19 What element of German Expressionism does Fritz Lang use to greatest effect?

Shadows

Surreal set design

Dramatic make-up

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

Cigars

Mirror

Fedoras

Pocket watches
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?

Walking home alone

A bully

A passing car on the street

The child murderer
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

Blue

Green

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

Mental asylum

A pharmacy

Speakeasy

Prison
25 Who is portrayed as the conscience of the criminal underworld?

Franz

The Security Guard

The Man with Seven Watches

Der Schränker

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