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DESIGNER UNKNOWN M. Circa 1931. 37 1/2x24 3/4 inches, 95 1/4x63 cm. Condition B / B+: repaired tears at edges; overpainting along upper edge; creases and abrasions and restoration in margins and image. Fritz Lang's first movie with sound starred Peter Lorre as a disturbed child murderer. It is considered to be Lang's best film. Lang, who had traditionally worked with the UFA (Universum Film AG), worked with Nero Films to produce this movie due to political pressure involving the film's subject matter. This same, stark image of a hand, emblazoned with a red "M," appeared on the original German poster but did not have the repeating motif of the letter in the background. This linocut poster is for the original release at the Moghrabi Theatre (built in 1930) in Tel Aviv.
