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The Story of a Murder

"In the mid-1950s, mayor Zwischenzahl is killed on the day of his inauguration in a West German town. The killer is Ruth Bodenheim, a Jewish woman, who wanted to avenge the death of her parents. Zwischenzahl, a former SA member, was apparently involved in the deportation of her parents to a concentration camp during the war. Ruth cannot bear the horrible events and the death of her parents and wants to open the eyes of the town′s residents."

Cast

22917

Angelica Domröse

as Ruth Bodenheim

22743

Ulrich Thein

as Dr. Martin

23265

Jiří Vršťala

as Dr. Hoffmann

23131

Martin Flörchinger

as Zwischenzahl

23263

Antje Ruge

as Esther

22924

Willi Schwabe

as Lion

22738

Monika Lennartz

as Johanna

23254

Arno Wyzniewski

as David

22789

Stefan Lisewski

as Steve

23260

Gisela Graupner

as Wärterin

23261

Hans Klering

as Direktor

23262

Norbert Petznick

as Klein David

22593

Helmut Schreiber

as Kapitän Lieban

23266

Siegfried Weiß

as Dr. Rotholz

140619

Bohumil Šmída

as Dr. Schäure

Crew

22876

Herbert Kroiss

Still Photographer

14198

Joachim Hasler

Director of Photography

14201

Gerd Natschinski

Original Music Composer

23257

Alfred Tolle

Set Designer

23256

Walter Janka

Creative Producer

14198

Joachim Hasler

Director

23259

Hildegard Tegener

Editor

23258

Luise Schmidt

Costume Design

23255

Angel Vagenshtain

Screenplay

1097765

Leonhard Frank

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