Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?

Jan 19, 1962

1h 26m

★ 0.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Crime

Production Companies

DEFA

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Cast

Oberleutnant Schneider

Gerry Wolff

Leutnant Anders

Kurt Conradi

Paul Gäbler

Johannes Arpe

Erna Gäbler, seine Frau

Ruth Kommerell

Fritz Gäbler, Pauls Bruder

Rudolf Ulrich

Martha Demuth

Marianne Wünscher

Edith Kolbe

Ingeborg Krabbe

Lothar

Günter Schubert

Hans Lucke

Albert Garbe

Walfriede Schmitt

Hans Klering

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