Mord ohne Sühne

Overview

Based on an authentic case from the 1920s. The head country constable Heinz Lippert arrests the Polish farm worker Jakubowski on suspicion of murdering a child - his adopted son. Although he has insufficient evidence, public prosecutor Becker takes the case to court. Jakubowski is sentenced to death, the "Polish murderer" fits in with the propaganda of the time. Lippert, encouraged by the communist editor Hartmann, tries to prevent the sentence from being carried out and even investigates the real perpetrator. In vain, the death sentence was carried out prematurely. After the Nazis seized power, the public prosecutor, now an SS leader, had the men who had uncovered the true facts arrested. Lippert joins the underground resistance.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 27, 1962

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

East Germany, Germany

Production

DEFA

Cast

Horst Friedrich,Otto Krieg Helbig,Harry Gillmann,Karla Runkehl,Gertrud Brendler,Harald Grünert,Karl-Heinz Weiss,Wilhelm Koch-Hooge,Willi Neuenhahn,Erik S. Kleinand 22 more

Director

Carl Ballhaus

Writer

Alexander Stenbock-Fermor,Theo Harych,Joachim Barckhausen

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0137963