M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?

The Godfather

The Safe Cracker

The Mastermind

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

A cup and ball game

A ball

A doll

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?

A speakeasy

An abandoned distillery

An office building

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

Want to throw up

Optimistic about finding leads

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Imagine a pile of new paperwork
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

It is demanded by the German consitution

He is clearly not of sound mind

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

Water

Whiskey

Cognac

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

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Peeling a piece of fruit

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

Actor Peter Lorre

His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst
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 police

The school

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

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

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 incomplete homework

Empty shoes

A rocking horse rocking by itself

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

Picture books

Balloons

Candy

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

With her mother

Reflecting in a mirror

Coming out of school

On the swings in an empty playground
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

By kicking it open

With his knife
18 What sort of table do the police think Beckert's note was written on?

Cedar

Oak

Steel

Mahogany
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

Mirror

Fedoras

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

Walking home alone

The child murderer

A passing car on the street

A bully
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with the death sentence

We don't find out

Guilty with life in prison
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?

Black

Green

Red

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

Prison

Mental asylum

A pharmacy

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

The Man with Seven Watches

The Security Guard

Der Schränker

Franz

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