M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

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

The Godfather

The Mastermind

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

A balloon

A ball

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

Liquor

A banquet

A job
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?
An abandoned distillery

An apartment

A speakeasy

An office building
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann
Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Optimistic about finding leads

Want to throw up

Imagine a pile of new paperwork
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

The whereabouts of the child murderer

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

The defender himself is not a certified lawyer

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

He is clearly not of sound mind
8 Beckert's drink of choice is
Whiskey

Water

Cognac

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

Threatening someone who is following him

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Cutting a girl's lock of hair
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with
Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance

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

Martial law

Article 51

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?
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

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

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?
Empty shoes

Her incomplete homework

A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her place setting at the dinner table
15 What does the blind vendor sell?
Balloons

Knives

Candy

Picture books
16 How does Beckert spot his second potential victim in the film?
With her mother

On the swings in an empty playground

Coming out of school

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?
Mahogany

Cedar

Oak

Steel
19 What element of German Expressionism does Fritz Lang use to greatest effect?
Surreal set design

Dramatic make-up

Shadows

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

Fedoras

Mirror

Cigars
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?
The child murderer

Walking home alone

A bully

A passing car on the street
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
We don't find out

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with life in prison

Guilty with the death sentence
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?
Black

Red

Green

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

Speakeasy

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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