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1931
· Movie
· 99 min
A
MEANRANK
85/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #115
- IMDb #99
- Google retired #2219
- Rotten Tomatoes #10
- Letterboxd #135
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #10
Every rating
77–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 77, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 100, everyone else 84.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A city is terrorized by a serial killer who preys on children. The police investigation is so intense that it disrupts the city's criminal underworld. The criminals decide to hunt the murderer down themselves, leading to a manhunt that culminates in a kangaroo court where the killer is forced to face his crimes.
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writers
- Fritz Lang, Thea von Harbou
- Studio
- Nero-Film AG
- Released
- 11 May 1931
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Box office
- $35.3K
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Cast
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Awards
2 wins total
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