Perpetrator wanted
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Release: 1931-03-12
·Runtime: 85m
·★ 5.0
Crime
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Carl-Heinz Wolff Filmproduktion
Cast
Gustav Rickelt
as Arzt
Wanda Rotha
as Lilly Meißner
Friedrich Kayssler
as Staatsanwalt
Paul Henckels
as Konsul Lychner
Gerda Maurus
as Vera - seine Tochter
Fritz Odemar
as Dorner, Diener
Harry Hardt
as Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Rosa Valetti
as Nachbarin
Harry Frank
as Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Ernst Behmer
as Schränker-Ede