M (1931 Film) Quizzes

M (1931 Film) Quiz

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

The Judge

The Godfather

The Safe Cracker
2 What is Elsie playing with when she meets the killer?
A ball

A cup and ball game

A doll

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

A bounty

Liquor

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

An abandoned distillery

An office building

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

Want to throw up

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

His boss's identity

The whereabouts of the child murderer

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
The defender himself is not a certified lawyer

It is demanded by the German consitution

Der Schränker is not an elected judge

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

Cognac

Water

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

Cutting a girl's lock of hair

Carving his initials at a crime scene

Threatening someone who is following him
10 Fritz Lang wrote with movie with
No assistance

His wife, Thea von Harbou

Fellow Weimar-era director G.W. Pabst

Actor Peter Lorre
11 What law does Der Schränker cite that would be used to acquit Beckert in court?
Martial law

Article 12

The Fourth Amendment

Article 51
12 Where does Hans Beckert mail his first letter to?
The family of a victim

The school

The newspaper

The police
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?
Her place setting at the dinner table

Empty shoes

A rocking horse rocking by itself

Her incomplete homework
15 What does the blind vendor sell?
Candy

Knives

Picture books

Balloons
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 a key he found

With his knife

With the arm of his glasses

By kicking it open
18 What sort of table do the police think Beckert's note was written on?
Mahogany

Steel

Oak

Cedar
19 What element of German Expressionism does Fritz Lang use to greatest effect?
Dramatic make-up

Odd camera angles

Surreal set design

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

Cigars

Mirror

Fedoras
21 What is the first danger to which Elsie is exposed?
The child murderer

A passing car on the street

Walking home alone

A bully
22 What is the judge's verdict at the end?
Not guilty due to insanity

Guilty with the death sentence

We don't find out

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

Blue

Green

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

Prison

Mental asylum

A pharmacy
25 Who is portrayed as the conscience of the criminal underworld?
The Man with Seven Watches

Franz

The Security Guard

Der Schränker

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