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.

Top 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

Gustav Rickelt

Arzt

J

Julius E. Herrmann

Bachmann, Nachtredakteur

Wanda Rotha

Lilly Meißner

Harry Frank

Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger

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Fritz Schroeter

Kriminalassistent