M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?

The Safe Cracker

The Mastermind

The Judge

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

A doll

A cup and ball game

A ball

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

A bounty

Liquor

A job

A banquet
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

An abandoned distillery

An office building

A speakeasy

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

Optimistic about finding leads

Imagine a pile of new paperwork

Want to throw up

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported
6 Inspector Lohmann wants Franz to confess about

How he managed to break into the office building

His boss's identity

The whereabouts of the child murderer

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

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

It is demanded by the German consitution

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

Cognac

Whiskey

Beer

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

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Threatening someone who is following him

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

Actor Peter Lorre

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

No assistance

His wife, Thea von Harbou
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?

Martial law

Article 12

Article 51

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

The newspaper

The school

The family of a victim

The police
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

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

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

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

Her incomplete homework

Her place setting at the dinner table

A rocking horse rocking by itself

Empty shoes
15 What does the blind vendor sell?

Knives

Picture books

Candy

Balloons
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 his knife

With a key he found

With the arm of his glasses
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?

Surreal set design

Odd camera angles

Shadows

Dramatic make-up
20 What is one item associated with aristocracy in this film?

Cigars

Pocket watches

Fedoras

Mirror
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?

A passing car on the street

The child murderer

A bully

Walking home alone
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?

Guilty with the death sentence

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with life in prison

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

Blue

Red

Green

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

A pharmacy

Speakeasy

Prison

Mental asylum
25 Who is portrayed as the conscience of the criminal underworld?

Franz

Der Schränker

The Man with Seven Watches

The Security Guard

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