M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

1 What does Der Schränker translate to in English?

The Judge

The Safe Cracker

The Godfather

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

A doll

A ball

A balloon

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

A bounty

A banquet

Liquor

A job
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

A speakeasy

An apartment

An abandoned distillery

An office building
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

The whereabouts of the child murderer

How he managed to break into the office building

His boss's identity

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

It is demanded by the German consitution

The defender himself is not a certified lawyer

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

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

Water

Beer

Whiskey

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

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Peeling a piece of fruit

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Threatening someone who is following him
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?

The Fourth Amendment

Martial law

Article 51

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

The family of a victim

The newspaper

The school

The police
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?

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

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?

Her place setting at the dinner table

A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her incomplete homework

Empty shoes
15 What does the blind vendor sell?

Knives

Balloons

Picture books

Candy
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

By kicking it open

With his knife

With a key he found
18 What sort of table do the police think Beckert's note was written on?

Cedar

Steel

Oak

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

Odd camera angles

Dramatic make-up

Surreal set design

Shadows
20 What is one item associated with aristocracy in this film?

Mirror

Cigars

Fedoras

Pocket watches
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?

The child murderer

A bully

A passing car on the street

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

Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with life in prison

We don't find out

Guilty with the death sentence
23 What color does the killer write his letter in?

Red

Black

Green

Blue
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?

Der Schränker

Franz

The Security Guard

The Man with Seven Watches

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