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 balloon

A ball

A cup and ball game

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

A banquet

A job

Liquor

A bounty
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

A speakeasy

An abandoned distillery

An office building

An apartment
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann

Imagine a pile of new paperwork

Want to throw up

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Optimistic about finding leads
6 Inspector Lohmann wants Franz to confess about

His boss's identity

The whereabouts of the child murderer

How he managed to break into the office building

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

It is demanded by the German consitution

Der Schränker is not an elected judge
8 Beckert's drink of choice is

Water

Cognac

Beer

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

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Threatening someone who is following him

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Peeling a piece of fruit
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with

His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

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

Article 12

Martial law

Article 51

The Fourth Amendment
12 Where does Hans Beckert mail his first letter to?

The newspaper

The police

The family of a victim

The school
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?

Her place setting at the dinner table

Her incomplete homework

Empty shoes

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

Knives

Balloons

Picture books

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

Reflecting in a mirror

Coming out of school

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?

With the arm of his glasses

With a key he found

With his knife

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

Steel

Mahogany

Oak

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

Dramatic make-up

Shadows

Odd camera angles

Surreal set design
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?

A passing car on the street

Walking home alone

A bully

The child murderer
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?

Guilty with life in prison

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with the death sentence

We don't find out
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?

Blue

Black

Green

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

Mental asylum

Speakeasy

Prison

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

The Security Guard

Franz

Der Schränker

The Man with Seven Watches

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