Storyline

In Germany, Hans Beckert is an unknown killer of girls. He whistles Edvard Grieg's 'In The Hall of the Mountain King', from the 'Peer Gynt' Suite I Op. 46 while attracting the little girls for death. The police force pressed by the Minister give its best effort trying unsuccessfully to arrest the serial killer. The organized crime has great losses due to the intense search and siege of the police and decides to chase the murderer, with the support of the beggars association. They catch Hans and briefly judge him.

Plot Keywords

psychopath, serial child killer, tragic villain, crime investigation, organized crime, investigation, letter, police officer, criminal, beggar, police procedural, death penalty, capital punishment, screaming, interrogation, police raid, murder of a child, manhunt, criminal underworld, burglar

Short Review

Be afraid. Be properly afraid. The greatest creation of Fritz Lang's career remains one of the most disturbing movies of his, or any, film-making era.

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