M

1931 film directed by Fritz Lang
Movie film Q127021
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M

Summary

M is a film[1]. M ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,036 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • M's image is recorded as Wandmalerei im Tanzcafe LiBella.jpg[3].
  • M's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • M's director is recorded as Fritz Lang[5].
  • M's screenwriter is recorded as Fritz Lang[6].
  • M's screenwriter is recorded as Thea von Harbou[7].
  • M's screenwriter is recorded as Paul Falkenberg[8].
  • M's composer is recorded as Edvard Grieg[9].
  • M's genre is recorded as thriller film[10].
  • M's genre is recorded as film noir[11].
  • M's genre is recorded as drama film[12].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Gustaf Gründgens[13].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Peter Lorre[14].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Otto Wernicke[15].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Theodor Loos[16].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Inge Landgut[17].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Ellen Widmann[18].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Friedrich Gnaß[19].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Fritz Odemar[20].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Paul Kemp[21].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Theo Lingen[22].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur[23].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Franz Stein[24].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Georg John[25].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Rudolf Blümner[26].
  • M's cast member is recorded as Karl Platen[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

M's producer is recorded as Seymour Nebenzal[28]. M's director is recorded as Fritz Lang[5]. Screenwriters include Fritz Lang[6], Thea von Harbou[7], and Paul Falkenberg[8]. Cast members include Gustaf Gründgens[13], Peter Lorre[14], Otto Wernicke[15], Theodor Loos[16], Inge Landgut[17], and Ellen Widmann[18].

Publication

M's publication date is recorded as +1931-05-11T00:00:00Z[29]. M's original language of film or TV show is recorded as German[30]. Genres include thriller film[10], film noir[11], and drama film[12].

Reception

Reviews include 9.2/10[31] and 100%[32].

Why It Matters

M ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,036 views/month).[2] M has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] M is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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