The Appeal to Conscience
Ten years ago, the "Andree case" was seemingly solved. Now criminal investigator Husfeld is to reopen it, as doubts have arisen about the guilt of Helga Andree, who was convicted at the time. She is said to have pushed her former rival, the singer Elinor Gyldenborg, off the roof garden and killed her. Husfeld seeks advice from his friend, the writer Volkmar Hollberg. He turns the case into a radio play, which is broadcast on the radio under the title The Jump from the Roof Garden. The broadcast brings back memories of the night of the crime for those present at the time...
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Cast
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Karl Ludwig Diehl
Kriminalrat Husfeld
Known for
The Story of Vickie
Werner Hinz
Volkmar Hollberg, Schriftsteller
Also in
The Longest Day
Eichholz & Söhne
Karl Anton
Franz R. Friedl
Herbert Engelsing
Käthe Haack
Helga Andree
Known for
Münchhausen
Jacob Geis
Johanna Meisel
Robert Wüllner
Also in
The Amateur
Das Tagebuch Collins
Marina von Ditmar
Ingrid, ihre Tochter
Known for
Münchhausen
Herbert Körner
Vring Wiemer
Karl Anton Director · Franz R. Friedl Composer Johanna Meisel Editor
First release October 11, 1949 · Produced in Germany · Production DEFA
Production
Tobis Filmkunst
Production
DEFA
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Germany
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Original title
Ruf an das Gewissen
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Austria · October 11, 1949
Theatrical
Germany · May 14, 1951
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
February 19, 1954
XG
February 3, 1950 · Theatrical
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