Film Classroom: Modern 30s – M, The Vampire of Düsseldorf

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In the 2012 edition of the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival, the cycle "The Moderns" was programmed. It was an approach to avant-garde cinematographic art prior to the introduction of sound, conceived by our colleague Francisco Ponce. We now propose completing that milestone with nine films made between 1929 and 1934, selected by Luis Miranda, the festival’s director. M. THE VAMPIRE OF DUSSELDORF (M. Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder) Germany, 1931, 111´ DIRECTOR: Fritz Lang SCREENPLAY: Thea von Harbou, Fritz Lang PRODUCTION: Seymour Nebenzal CINEMATOGRAPHY: Fritz Arno Wagner (By N) EDITING: Paul Falkenberg MUSIC: Edvard Grieg CAST: Peter Lorre, Ellen Widmann, Inge Landgut, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Gustaf Gründgens. SYNOPSIS: A child murderer has the entire city of Berlin terrified. The police are frantically and desperately searching for him, arresting anyone even minimally suspicious. For their part, the crime bosses, furious about the raids they are suffering because of the killer, decide to hunt him down themselves. In collaboration with the DISA Foundation