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Perpetrator wanted (1931)

5 | Mar 12, 1931 (DE) | Crime | 01:25

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.

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Paul Henckels
Konsul Lychner
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Gerda Maurus
Vera - seine Tochter
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Karl Ludwig Diehl
Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
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Fritz Odemar
Dorner, Diener
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Harry Hardt
Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
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Ernst Behmer
Schränker-Ede
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Rosa Valetti
Nachbarin
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Julius E. Herrmann
Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
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Wanda Rotha
Lilly Meißner