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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.
Release Date: 1931-05-11
Drama
Thriller
Crime
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Casts

Peter Lorre
as Hans Beckert

Ellen Widmann
as Frau Beckmann

Inge Landgut
as Elsie Beckmann

Otto Wernicke
as Inspector Karl Lohmann

Theodor Loos
as Inspector Groeber

Gustaf Gründgens
as Schränker

Fritz Odemar
as The Cheater

Paul Kemp
as Pickpocket with Six Watches

Theo Lingen
as Bauernfänger

Rudolf Blümner
as Becker's 'Attorney'