Perpetrator wanted

Carl Heinz Wolff
1931-03-12


5
85 min

A dedicated editor, who is engaged to the daughter of a wealthy senator thrills her father with a lecture about convictions based on circumstantial evidence. When a corpse with a disfigured face is found in the house of the senator, evidence points to the editor. An entertaining thriller with a fairly intricate plot and some critical comments on the practice of the law. Based on the novel "Der geschlossene Ring" by Frank Arnau.

Cast

Name Character Team
Paul Henckels Konsul Lychner Unowned
Gerda Maurus Vera - seine Tochter Unowned
Karl Ludwig Diehl Dr. Gregor, Redakteur Unowned
Fritz Odemar Dorner, Diener Unowned
Harry Hardt Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar Unowned
Ernst Behmer Schränker-Ede Unowned
Rosa Valetti Nachbarin Unowned
Gustav Rickelt Arzt Unowned
Julius E. Herrmann Bachmann, Nachtredakteur Unowned
Wanda Rotha Lilly Meißner Unowned
Harry Frank Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger Unowned
Fritz Schroeter Kriminalassistent Unowned
Friedrich Kayssler Staatsanwalt Unowned