Perpetrator wanted 1931 Directed by Carl Heinz Wolff Täter gesucht

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
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Crime
Production Company Carl-Heinz Wolff Filmproduktion
Release Date 12 March 1931
85 mins
Cast
Paul Henckels Konsul Lychner
Gerda Maurus Vera - seine Tochter
Karl Ludwig Diehl Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Fritz Odemar Dorner, Diener
Harry Hardt Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Ernst Behmer Schränker-Ede
Rosa Valetti Nachbarin
Julius E. Herrmann Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
Wanda Rotha Lilly Meißner
Harry Frank Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Fritz Schroeter Kriminalassistent
Friedrich Kayssler Staatsanwalt