M - A City Hunts a Murderer2019
Created by David Schalko
🏆 1 win & 2 nominations
The premise
Winter in Vienna. Children disappear. For now without a trace, then their bodies are found. A gift for the tabloid press. For the police a series of defeats. Politically a problem. And at the same time the long-awaited opportunity for the ambitious interior minister. The organized crime is in trouble. The child murderer must be found so that all other dirty jobs can go on.
Horror Vault's take
A wave of child disappearances grips Vienna in winter, sending shockwaves through law enforcement, the political establishment, and the criminal underworld alike. This Austrian series reimagines the premise of Fritz Lang's classic, transplanting its moral dread into a modern city where ambition, corruption, and tabloid hunger complicate every attempt at justice. The hunt for a killer becomes entangled with power plays that reach far beyond the police procedural. Moritz Bleibtreu and Lars Eidinger lead a formidable ensemble through a cold, methodical thriller that asks uncomfortable questions about who really wants the truth found.
Content: Violence Against Children, Depictions Of Child Murder, Dark Thematic Content
Episode Guide
S1.E1 · Episode 1PremiereFeb 17, 2019 · 45 min · Dir: David Schalko
After the mysterious disappearance of a refugee girl, it comes to another crime in the snowy Vienna. The Eight-year-old Elsie is missing. While the parents act extremely suspicious, the ambitious interior minister uses the chance to use the
S1.E2 · Episode 21.0Feb 17, 2019 · 45 min · Dir: David Schalko
The police desperately searches for the bodies of the disappeared children. The nervousness in the city increases. The authorities are in the dark. Suspects are being randomly detained. The interior minister uses the helplessness to enforce
S1.E3 · Episode 3Feb 20, 2019 · 45 min
After finding the three children's corpses, the question arises: who is the third child? A necklace with an M on it is the only clue. The police are baffled. The pace of the serial killer leaves no time to breathe. To give a sense of securi
S1.E4 · Episode 4Feb 20, 2019 · 45 min
The interior minister takes drastic measures to achieve his political goals. To clarify the identity of the third dead child, he puts images with the portrait of the corpse all over the city. The atmosphere is heated. The interior minister
S1.E5 · Episode 5Feb 22, 2019 · 45 min
Things escalate. More children disappear. The fear of the people and the pace of the perpetrator allow the interior minister to shake the democratic foundations. At the same time, the police are able to identify the perpetrator. A race betw
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