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Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is said to have murdered his ex-wife, the dancer Ria Norady. The conductor Gillmore found her dead in her dressing room shortly after a visit from Fabian. Gisela Jordan asks her father to defend him. After speaking to Fabian, the lawyer is convinced he's innocent. But since there is no proof of this, he decides to go and try and find the real murderer himself.

Heinrich George

Justizrat Jordan

Carla Rust

Giesela Jordan

Rudolf Fernau

Günther Fabian

Karl Schönböck

Jack Gillmoore

Margit Symo

Ria Nora

Claus Clausen

Staatsanwalt

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

Sängerin

Hans Meyer-Hanno

Herr Böttger

Ernstwalter Mitulski

Carsta Löck

Claire Reigbert

Ida

Eduard von Winterstein

Vorsitender

Walther Suessenguth

Untersuchungsrichter

Andrews Engelmann

Chauffeur

Ernst Legal

Seibold - Buchmacher

Walter Bechmann

Kartenkontrolleur

• Werner KlinglerDirector
• Harald G. PeterssonScreenplay · Writer
• Heinrich GeorgeProducer
• Georg BruckbauerDirector of Photography
• Willy MattesOriginal Music Composer
• Ella EnsinkEditor

Release date

April 6, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Drama, Crime