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 ball

A balloon

A cup and ball game

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

A banquet

A job

A bounty

Liquor
4 Where do the criminals detain Beckert?

An abandoned distillery

An apartment

A speakeasy

An office building
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

The whereabouts of the child murderer

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

His boss's identity

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

He is clearly not of sound mind

It is demanded by the German consitution

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

The defender himself is not a certified lawyer
8 Beckert's drink of choice is

Cognac

Water

Whiskey

Beer
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

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?

Martial law

The Fourth Amendment

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"

J.S. Bach's Fugue in G

Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
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

Candy

Picture books

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

Coming out of school

On the swings in an empty playground

With her mother

Reflecting in a mirror
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 a key he found

With his knife

With the arm of his glasses
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?

Shadows

Dramatic make-up

Odd camera angles

Surreal set design
20 What is one item associated with aristocracy in this film?

Cigars

Fedoras

Pocket watches

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

Walking home alone

A bully

A passing car on the street

The child murderer
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?

Guilty with the death sentence

Not guilty due to insanity

We don't find out

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

Green

Red

Black

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

Mental asylum

Prison

A pharmacy

Speakeasy
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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