Synopsis
The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.
Movie Information
- Director
- Ladislao Vajda
- Writers
- Hans Jacoby, Ladislao Vajda, Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Release Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 100 minutes
- Genre
- Crime, Thriller
- Language
- DE
- Country
- Germany, Spain, Switzerland
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (153 votes)
Top Cast
Heinz Rühmann
Oberleutnant Matthäi
Sigfrit Steiner
Det. Feller
Siegfried Lowitz
Lt. Heinzi
Michel Simon
Jacquier
Heinrich Gretler
Polizeikommandant
Gert Fröbe
Schrott
Berta Drews
Frau Schrott
Ewald Balser
Prof. Manz
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