Acting
O.E. Hasse's restrained desperation — guilt wearing an expensive suit.
Direction
Weidenmann's clinical framing turns every room into an interrogation.
Director
Alfred Weidenmann
O.E. Hasse
Peter Hansen
Hardy Krüger
Harald Meinhardt
Martin Held
Dr.Overbeck
Gisela von Collande
Frau Hansen
Charles Brauer
Walter Hansen
Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Inge Römer
Peer Schmidt
Roland, Reporter
Ernst Waldow
Kriminalkommissar Lukkas
Jan Hendriks
Berthold
Siegfried Schürenberg
Vorsitzender am Gericht
Charles Regnier
Chef vom Dienst Dietmar
Maria Sebaldt
Moderedakteurin
Arno Paulsen
Taxifahrer
Walter Werner
Vater Meinhardt
Franz-Otto Krüger
Vilessen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during West Germany's economic miracle, the film quietly critiques how wealth buys narrative control — a rare mainstream acknowledgment of class justice.
Hardy Krüger was so convincing as the accused lover that audiences reportedly hissed at him in public for months after release.
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