M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?

The Mastermind

The Godfather

The Safe Cracker

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

A balloon

A doll

A cup and ball game

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

A bounty

A banquet

A job

Liquor
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

An office building

An abandoned distillery

An apartment

A speakeasy
5 Thinking about the cooperation of the citizens makes Inspector Lohmann

Feel skeptical that anything valuable could be reported

Want to throw up

Optimistic about finding leads

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

The whereabouts of the child murderer

How he managed to break into 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

He is clearly not of sound mind

It is demanded by the German consitution
8 Beckert's drink of choice is

Whiskey

Beer

Cognac

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

Threatening someone who is following him

Peeling a piece of fruit

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Carving his initials at a crime scene
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

Actor Peter Lorre

His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?

The Fourth Amendment

Martial law

Article 12

Article 51
12 Where does Hans Beckert mail his first letter to?

The school

The newspaper

The family of a victim

The police
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

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

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
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?

Balloons

Knives

Candy

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

With her mother

Reflecting in a mirror

On the swings in an empty playground

Coming out of school
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

By kicking it open

With a key he found

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

Cedar

Steel

Mahogany

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

Dramatic make-up

Shadows

Surreal set design

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

Pocket watches

Fedoras

Cigars

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

A bully

A passing car on the street

Walking home alone

The child murderer
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?

Black

Red

Green

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

Speakeasy

Mental asylum

A pharmacy

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

The Security Guard

Der Schränker

Franz

The Man with Seven Watches

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