Movie InfoIn this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), 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. Show
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Translingual[edit]Etymology 1[edit]From the Etruscan letter 𐌌 (m, “em”), from the Ancient Greek letter Μ (M, “my”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤌 (m, “mem”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓈖. Alternative forms[edit]
Letter[edit]M (lower case m)
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Etymology 2[edit]An alteration of ⋈, from ∞, an alteration of ↀ, an alteration of Ⓧ, from encircling X (the roman numeral for ten) to indicate the hundredth ten. Alternative forms[edit]
Numeral[edit]M (upper case Roman numeral, lower case m)
Etymology 3[edit]Symbol[edit]M
Usage notes[edit]Because of the potential for confusion, the abbreviation for unit "molar" is usually written in italics (M) or in small caps (ᴍ). M for reference mass is usually written in italics. Gallery[edit]
See also[edit]Other representations of M: English[edit]Etymology 1[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m, plural Ms or M's)
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Etymology 2[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Number[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
Etymology 3[edit]Abbreviation. Noun[edit]M (countable and uncountable, plural Ms)
Usage notes[edit]The sense "Muslim" is mostly used by Hindutva netizens primarily towards Islamist supporters and Muslim militants. Coordinate terms[edit]
Noun[edit]M (plural Messrs)
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Proper noun[edit]M
Adjective[edit]M (not comparable)
Afar[edit]Letter[edit]M
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Afrikaans[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Noun[edit]M (plural M'e, diminutive M'etjie)
Azerbaijani[edit]Letter[edit]M upper case (lower case m)
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Basque[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Chinese[edit]Etymology 1[edit]From English menstruation or menstrual cycle. Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]M
Synonyms[edit]Dialectal synonyms of 月經 (“menstruation; period”) [map]
Derived terms[edit]Verb[edit]M
Etymology 2[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]M
Etymology 3[edit]From English M (“megabyte”) and English meg (“megabyte”). Alternative forms[edit]
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Noun[edit]M
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Etymology 4[edit]Pronunciation 1[edit]
Note: Often realised as one syllable.. Letter[edit]M
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Letter[edit]M
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Dutch[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (capital, lowercase m)
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Esperanto[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Estonian[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Finnish[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Noun[edit]M
French[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (lowercase m)
German[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
Noun[edit]M f (genitive M, no plural)
Declension[edit]Hungarian[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Ido[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (lower case m)
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Indonesian[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Italian[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case m)
Symbol[edit]M
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Japanese[edit]Etymology 1[edit]From the initial letter of English medium. Noun[edit]M(エム ) • (emu)
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Etymology 2[edit]From the initial letter of English masochism; compare English S&M. Noun[edit]M(エム) • (emu)
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Latvian[edit]Etymology[edit]Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic. Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Malay[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M
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Nupe[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Polish[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Portuguese[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Romani[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Romanian[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Saanich[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M
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Skolt Sami[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (lower case m)
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Slovene[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (capital, lowercase m)
Somali[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M upper case (lower case m)
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Spanish[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
Turkish[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Vietnamese[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Welsh[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Yoruba[edit]Pronunciation[edit]
Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Zulu[edit]Letter[edit]M (upper case, lower case m)
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Is M 1931 A horror movie?M is a 1931 German thriller film directed by Fritz Lang and starring Peter Lorre in his breakthrough role as Hans Beckert, a serial killer of children.
What was the movie M about?In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), 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.M / Film synopsisnull
How long is M the movie?1h 39mM / Running timenull
What does the M stand for in the movie M?Why the title 'M'? 'M' stands for 'Mörder' (murderer). When a blind beggar identifies Beckert by his whistling of Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op.
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