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.
Released: Mar 12, 1931
Runtime: 85 minutes
Genre: Crime
Stars: Paul Henckels, Gerda Maurus, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Fritz Odemar, Harry Hardt, Ernst Behmer
Crew: Carl Heinz Wolff (Director), Egon Eis (Screenplay), Frank Arnau (Novel), Rudolph Cartier (Screenplay)