Perpetrator wanted

Overview

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.

Release Date

12 March 1931

85 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Konsul Lychner
Vera - seine Tochter
Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Dorner, Diener
Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Schränker-Ede
Nachbarin
Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
Lilly Meißner
Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Kriminalassistent

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