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1931 | Thriller | Germany | Directed by Fritz Lang
Overview
Lang first sound film uses silence as a weapon: a whistle, a balloon, a child gone. Peter Lorre as a child killer, hunted by police and underworld alike, pleads his compulsion before a kangaroo court. The proto serial killer study and the birth of psychological crime cinema, plus a warning about mob justice. Lang asks who the real monsters are.
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