85 minutes
3/12/1931
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.
Paul Henckels
as Konsul Lychner
Gerda Maurus
as Vera - seine Tochter
Karl Ludwig Diehl
as Dr. Gregor, Redakteur
Fritz Odemar
as Dorner, Diener
Harry Hardt
as Wittenhagen, Kriminalkommissar
Ernst Behmer
as Schränker-Ede
Rosa Valetti
as Nachbarin
Gustav Rickelt
as Arzt
Julius E. Herrmann
as Bachmann, Nachtredakteur
Wanda Rotha
as Lilly Meißner
Harry Frank
as Dr. Wiese, Verteidiger
Fritz Schroeter
as Kriminalassistent
Friedrich Kayssler
as Staatsanwalt