M (1931) – Filming Locations
Drama / Thriller / Crime · Directed by Fritz Lang · Starring Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann
In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.
Where was M filmed?
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Opening scenes of the city and the child murderer stalking the streets. The film's primary setting captures the anxiety and danger pervading 1930s Berlin through realistic street scenes and working-class neighborhoods that reflect the city's social turmoil
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Public spaces and crowd scenes showing the city's underworld and street life. The bustling commercial center of Weimar Berlin provides backdrop for scenes of urban chaos and the underworld investigation
- Berlin, Germany, Berlin – Criminal underworld meetings and the climactic underground sequence. The gritty working-class neighborhoods and basement locations represent the criminal underworld that hunts the killer in the film's dramatic finale