Perpetrator wanted(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.

Genre: Crime

Director: Carl Heinz Wolff

Actors: Paul Henckels, Gerda Maurus, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Julius E. Herrmann, Fritz Odemar, Wanda Rotha, Harry Frank, Harry Hardt, Fritz Schroeter, Friedrich Kayßler

Release date: 1931-03-12

Country of origin: Germany

Length: 1h 25m