Perpetrator wanted

5.0 / 10

(4 votes)

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.

Country:

Germany

Genre:

Crime

Duration:

85 minutes

Year:

1931

Director:

Carl Heinz Wolff

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Company:

Carl-Heinz Wolff Filmproduktion

Cast:
Paul Henckels

Konsul Lychner

Gerda Maurus

Vera - seine Tochter

Karl Ludwig Diehl

Dr. Gregor, Redakteur

Fritz Odemar

Dorner, Diener

Harry Hardt

Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar

Crew:
Carl Heinz Wolff

Director

Frank Arnau

Novel

Egon Eis

Screenplay

Rudolph Cartier

Screenplay