Perpetrator wanted
1931-03-12 | 85 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Paul HenckelsKonsul Lychner
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Gerda MaurusVera - seine Tochter
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Karl Ludwig DiehlDr. Gregor, Redakteur
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Fritz OdemarDorner, Diener
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Harry HardtWittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
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Ernst BehmerSchränker-Ede
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Rosa ValettiNachbarin
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Gustav RickeltArzt
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Wanda RothaLilly Meißner
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Harry FrankDr. Wiese, Verteidiger
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Friedrich KaysslerStaatsanwalt