When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that the killer is her boyfriend, unaware that his own son and daughter are also mixed up in the case.
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Cast
26 people
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Konrad Bienert, Landgerichtsrat
Known for
The Red Shoes
Foreign Correspondent
Gustav Fröhlich
Fritz Bernt, Student
Known for
Metropolis
Asphalt
Robert Siodmak
Also in
A Big Grey-Blue Bird
Erich Kettelhut
Max Alsberg
Erich Pommer
Hans Brausewetter
Walter Bienert, Beinerts Sohn, Student
Known for
Münchhausen
Otto Baecker
Ernst Hesse
Oskar Sima
Karl Zülke, Portier
Also in
The Woman One Longs For
Kirschen in Nachbars Garten
Robert Liebmann
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet
Robert Siodmak Director · Robert Liebmann Writer Hans Müller Writer
United States release May 24, 1931 · Produced in Germany · Production Universum Film (UFA)
Production
UFA
Production
Universum Film (UFA)
Production · Distribution
Germany
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Original title
Voruntersuchung
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · April 19, 1931
Theatrical
United States · May 24, 1931
New York City, New York
Denmark
August 13, 1931
Hungary
May 6, 1931
Japan
May 1, 1952
Slovenia
October 2, 1931
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