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Film Essay

M by Fritz Lang (Germany, 1931) phenomenology of evil: A serial killer and his social group

Cesare SecchiReggio Emilia, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 1423-1439 | Received 31 Jul 2015, Accepted 03 Aug 2015, Published online: 31 Dec 2017

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