Talk:M (film)

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IMDb does mention the 1951 remake of this movie but there is nothing about a 1956 remake. Does anyone have a source for this information.

Haven't found it yet. Was in maybe only released in Germany or perhaps in a language other than German or English? Ellsworth 23:01, 18 May 2004 (UTC)

The description of the 1951 remake in this article is redundant with the actual article on the remake. Considering the length of the article, perhaps a merge would be appropriate?

Contents 1 Move back to "(movie)" 2 Fritz Haarmann; SA 3 Peter Kurten 4 Kangaroo Court 5 Film noir 6 Questionable link 7 Pedophile theme?

[edit] Move back to "(movie)"

I moved the page back to "(1931 movie)" (rather than "1931 film") because that's what we decided on a long time ago and have been practising ever since. Also, all links to this article are to the "movie" version. <KF> 23:02, August 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Fritz Haarmann; SA

Does anyone have anything citable on the degree of connection to the story of the real-world child-murderer (well, youth-murderer) Fritz Haarmann? Or to the SA men who, around that time, were hunted down by Communists, turned over to the government, and given slap-on-the-wrist sentences? I'd like to get both into the article, but have nothing citable. ~- Jmabel | Talk 19:49, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

There's some good material in this PDF, but it appears to be a student paper. I'd have given it an "A", but that doesn't make it citable. - Jmabel | Talk 19:53, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Peter Kurten

This somewhat more citable source suggests a connection to child-murderer Peter Kurten, of whom I had not previously been aware. -- Jmabel | Talk 19:56, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kangaroo Court

I'd also like to add more (but lack citable sources) on the kangaroo court of criminal "experts in law" and, in particular their refusal to countenance an insanity plea, in particular that his insanity makes him all the worse in their view. Also, the subtheme of how his blatant crimes make it hard for them to get on with their day-to-day crimes. There is clearly a lot of social comment here, but it would be personal view for me to extrapolate it (especially since I haven't seen the film in about 20 years). Does someone have some citable sources on any of this? This is a much more interesting and important film than our article currently conveys. - Jmabel | Talk 20:04, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Film noir

I'd disagree that this film is film noir. In my opinion, it's German Expressionism. I thought the first film noir was supposed to be The Maltese Falcon, which wasn't released until 1941.Ashfan83 16:53, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Questionable link

Would someone with higher-speed access than I please look into the "watch the film" link? What exactly is it? In particular, have they colorized (I'm guessing from the static page that they have, in which case we should indicate that it is an altered version of the film). Do you have to watch through ads to see it? Etc. Not sure if it is an appropriate link or not. - Jmabel | Talk 03:25, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pedophile theme?

I saw this a while ago... but, I don't really think so? Why is this here (does anyone know?) gren グレン 17:52, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

Excuse me? It is a film about a man who is obsessed with little girls, approaches them in a more or less erotic way (the specifics of any acts are off-camer, but his attraction is clearly sexual), and then murders them. How would that not be a pedophile theme? - Jmabel | Talk 02:22, 8 November 2006 (UTC)