M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

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

The Mastermind

The Safe Cracker

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

A doll

A ball

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

Liquor

A bounty

A job
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?
A speakeasy

An abandoned distillery

An apartment

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

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Want to throw up

Imagine a pile of new paperwork
6 Inspector Lohmann wants Franz to confess about
His boss's identity

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

How he managed to break into the office building

The whereabouts of the child murderer
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
Whiskey

Cognac

Beer

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

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Threatening someone who is following him

Cutting a girl's lock of hair
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with
Actor Peter Lorre

No assistance

His wife, Thea von Harbou

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?
Article 51

The Fourth Amendment

Article 12

Martial law
12 Where does Hans Beckert mail his first letter to?
The school

The family of a victim

The police

The newspaper
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?
Empty shoes

A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her incomplete homework

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

Knives

Balloons

Picture books
16 How does Beckert spot his second potential victim in the film?
On the swings in an empty playground

Coming out of school

Reflecting in a mirror

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 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?
Cedar

Oak

Mahogany

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

Shadows

Odd camera angles

Dramatic make-up
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

A passing car on the street

A bully

The child murderer
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
We don't find out

Guilty with the death sentence

Guilty with life in prison

Not guilty due to insanity
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?
Black

Red

Blue

Green
24 What space do the police NOT visit during their search?
A pharmacy

Mental asylum

Prison

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

The Security Guard

Franz

The Man with Seven Watches

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