M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

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

The Godfather

The Safe Cracker

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

A balloon

A doll

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

Liquor

A banquet

A job
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?
An apartment

A speakeasy

An office building

An abandoned distillery
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
How he managed to break into the office building

The whereabouts of the child murderer

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
Der Schränker is not an elected judge

He is clearly not of sound mind

The defender himself is not a certified lawyer

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

Whiskey

Beer

Water
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
His wife, Thea von Harbou

No assistance

Actor Peter Lorre

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

Article 51

The Fourth Amendment

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

The family of a victim

The newspaper

The school
13 What is the song Beckert whistles?
Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony

Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King"
14 What image are we shown to signify that Elsie has not returned home?
A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her place setting at the dinner table

Her incomplete homework

Empty shoes
15 What does the blind vendor sell?
Balloons

Candy

Picture books

Knives
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?
By kicking it open

With the arm of his glasses

With a key he found

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

Cedar

Steel

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

Odd camera angles

Dramatic make-up

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?
A passing car on the street

A bully

The child murderer

Walking home alone
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
We don't find out

Guilty with life in prison

Not guilty due to insanity

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

Blue

Red

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

A pharmacy

Prison

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

The Security Guard

The Man with Seven Watches

Franz

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