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6.3/10 • 16

1960-12-30 • 1h 42m

CrimeDrama

Director Wolfgang Staudte who left East Germany in 1953 to make movies in West Germany, takes a few swipes at the West German judicial system in this fairly effective courtroom drama about the murder of a four-month-old baby. Police almost immediately arrest the mother Ingrid who is the mistress of the father, a rich business VIP married to another woman. His position and wealth keep him insulated from suspicion. A hot-shot lawyer has to overcome the unaccountably biased perceptions of the police, the judge, the prosecutor and almost everyone else in the judicial system. The defence lawyer, driven to an extreme, knows he has to find the real killer or his client will be convicted.

Directors
Wolfgang Staudte
Editors
Wolfgang Wehrum

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Martin Held

    Martin Held

    Direktor Werner Rameil

  2. Hanns Lothar

    Hanns Lothar

    Rechtsanwalt Dr. Fox

  3. Ellen Schwiers

    Ellen Schwiers

    Ingrid Bernhardy

  4. Jürgen Goslar

    Jürgen Goslar

    Dr. Heinz Stephan

  5. Adelheid Seeck

    Adelheid Seeck

    Gerda Rameil

  6. Werner Hinz

    Werner Hinz

    Landgerichtsrat Ricker

  7. Lore Hartling

    Lore Hartling

    Assessorin Ebeling

  8. Siegfried Wischnewski

    Siegfried Wischnewski

    Kriminalinspektor Gerhuf

  9. Harald Juhnke

    Harald Juhnke

    Kriminalsekretär Wenzel

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Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
court case