We want an authoritarian leader

     In the film M by Fritz Lang, there is a killer tracking down children.  Beckert is found by the police to be the killer and they try to capture him.  Before the police can capture Beckert another group of criminals catch Beckert, but they do this by breaking the law, torturing  someone, etc.  This mob sets up a mock trial to judge Beckert, but right before they were going to kill him the police come and save him.  To me this movie showed that the people of Germany wanted an authority leader that can bring order to the country.  There were many killers in Germany at the time and the German people wanted the police to start being more active.  The people of Germany also were looking for a liberal-democratic society.  This is shown by the last scene where the judges are deciding whether or not to kill Beckert.   This shows a discussion between the heads of the courts and by not telling the outcome of the discussion I feel Fritz Lang want the public to also be involved in the results and make up the ending in their own heads.  For the question of does Beckert deserve to die, that depends on a case by case situation.  Some people can not be helped in jail and will always be evil, while other people could be helped in jail.  For some reason I feel that Beckert would be able to be helped in jail, so I feel that he should not be killed.