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M is a 1931 German drama-thriller directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre. It was written by Lang and his wife Thea von Harbou and was Lang's first film with sound, although he had directed more than a dozen films previously. Thefilm has become a classic which Lang himself considered his finest work. The filmis set in Berlin in 1931. The police are looking for a child murderer and start rounding up all the criminals they know. The city's gangs decide to try and catch the killer themselves. They do just that and try him in their own court. The police rescue him and arrest him so that he can stand trial again. The film ends with a warning to parents to watch over their children.
M就是凶手是一部上映于1931年的德国恐怖电影，导演弗里茨·朗，主演彼得·罗瑞。故事是由朗和他的妻子特娅·冯·哈堡共同编写，这是朗的第一部有声电影，尽管这之前他已经导演过数十部影片。这是一部经典影片，朗也认为这是他最好的一部影片。故事发生在1931年的柏林。警察正在追查一名杀害儿童的杀人犯，并开始召集所有罪犯。城市中的黑社会也开始追查这个杀人凶手。黑社会将他审讯。警察将他逮捕，并对他再一次进行了审判。故事的结尾出现了一则警告，督促家长看管好自己的孩子。
M is supposedly based on the real-life case of serial killer Peter Kürten, the "Vampire of Düsseldorf", whose crimes took place in the 1920s. Lang denied that he was influenced in any way by this case. Lang told film historian Gero Gandert in a 1963 interview: "At the time I decided to use the subject matter of M there were many serial killers terrorizing Germany." M premiered on May 11, 1931 in a version lasting 117 minutes. The original negative is preserved at the Federal Film Archive in a 96-minute version. In 1960 a shortened version was released lasting 98 minutes. The original 1931 version was ranked #33 in Empire magazine's "The 100 Best Films Of World Cinema" in 2010.
M就是凶手是根据真实的连环案杀手-彼德·却尔登事件改编而成，他也被人们称之为“杜塞道夫的吸血鬼”，他在20世纪20年代犯下了滔天罪行。朗否认称他曾经受到这起案件的影响。在1963年的采访中，朗告诉电影史学家吉罗说：“我就是想用M就是凶手这部电影来告诫人们，许多连环杀手正在恐吓着整个德国”。M就是凶手公映于1931年的5月11日，电影时长117分钟。原始电影保存在了联邦电影资料馆中，时长为96分钟。1960年，时长为98分钟的M就是凶手山上映。2010年，帝国杂志的“100部世界最佳影片”把1931年的原始版列入到了此行列当中，并排在了第31位。
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