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A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Nero-Film A.G, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976, Harbou, Thea von, 1888-1954, Lorre, Peter, Widmann, Ellen, Landgut, Inge, Wernicke, Otto, 1893-1965, Loos, Theodor, Gründgens, Gustaf, Falkenberg, Paul, Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Published: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [1998]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 30.
Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Serial murderers > Germany > Drama.
Child molesters > Germany > Drama.
Feature films > Germany.
Motion pictures > Germany.
Detective and mystery films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Videos > Dinand > German.
Description
Summary:A psychopathic murderer of young girls terrorizes a German city causing public hysteria and intense police investigations, which in turn disrupts organized crime. The contrasting worlds of the police and the underworld are juxtaposed as they both resolve to hunt, capture, and try the murderer.
Item Description:Originally issued as a motion picture in 1931.
Presented in original 1.33:1 aspect ratio.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (110 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital mono.
Production Credits:Camera, Fritz Arno Wagner ; editor, Paul Falkenberg ; music, Edvard Grieg.
ISBN:0780021150
Participant or Performer:Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens.
Language:In German with optional English subtitles.

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