Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?
5.6
A Saturday evening dance in the village pub is interrupted when the barn of local farmer Paul Gäbler catches on fire. The farmer himself is soon found – hanged. Sawmill owner Züllich claims that Gäbler committed suicide because he was forced to join an agricultural production cooperative, but others are convinced Gäbler was murdered. Officers Schneider and Anders must navigate their way through a complex maze of personal and political motivations in order to reconstruct the crime.
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Cast
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Gerry Wolff
Oberleutnant Schneider
Also in
Spuk im Hochhaus
Naked Among Wolves
Kurt Conradi
Leutnant Anders
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Zirkus Humberto
Fabrik der Offiziere
Johannes Arpe
Paul Gäbler
Also in
Fog
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Ruth Kommerell
Erna Gäbler, seine Frau
Also in
Fridolin
One Has To Be The Corpse
Rudolf Ulrich
Fritz Gäbler, Pauls Bruder
Also in
The Written Off
Duped Till Doomsday
Marianne Wünscher
Martha Demuth
Also in
Aber Vati!
Die Lange Strasse
Ingeborg Krabbe
Edith Kolbe
Also in
Fridolin
Bereitschaft Dr. Federau
Günter Schubert
Lothar
Also in
Zur See
Bereitschaft Dr. Federau
Hans Lucke
Also in
For Eyes Only
Fischzüge
Albert Garbe
Also in
Wer seine Frau lieb hat
Der Richter von Zalamea
Walfriede Schmitt
Known for
Free Country
Hans Klering
Also in
Outskirts
Ways across the Country
Heinz Thiel Director · Lothar Creutz Writer Carl Andrießen Writer
First release January 19, 1962 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · January 19, 1962
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 3, 1963 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
June 14, 1962 · Theatrical
Russia
February 18, 1963 · Theatrical
April 16, 1963 · Limited theatrical · Moscow
September 13, 1963 · TV
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