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Director
  
Robert Siodmak

Production
  
Universum Film AG

Language
  
German

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Duration
  

Country
  
Germany

Writer
  
Max Alsberg
,
Ernst Hesse
,
Robert Liebmann
,
Hans Muller

Release date
  
20 April 1931 (1931-04-20)

Cinematography
  
Konstantin Irmen-Tschet, Otto Baecker

Cast
  
Albert Bassermann
(Dr. Konrad Bienert, Landgerichtsrat),
Gustav Fröhlich
(Fritz Bernt, Student),
Hans Brausewetter
(Walter Bienert, Beinerts Sohn, Student),
Oskar Sima
(Karl Zülke, Portier),
Heinrich Gretler
(Kurt Brann, sein Untermieter),
Julius Falkenstein
(Anatol Scherr, ein Hausbewohner)

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Inquest (German: Voruntersuchung) is a 1931 German crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Albert Bassermann, Gustav Fröhlich and Hans Brausewetter. Along with another film that Siodmak made the same year Storms of Passion, it anticipates the later development of film noir. It was made by German's largest studio Universum Film, with sets designed by art director Erich Kettelhut. Paul Martin, who soon after emerged as a leading director, was assistant director to Siodmak on the film. It was based on a 1927 play of the same title by Max Alsberg and Ernst Hesse.

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Synopsis

When a prostitute is murdered in a cheap Berlin boarding house, an investigating judge suspects that the killer is her boyfriend, unaware that his own son and daughter are also mixed up in the case.

Cast

  • Albert Bassermann as Dr. Konrad Bienert, Landgerichtsrat
  • Gustav Fröhlich as Fritz Bernt, Student
  • Hans Brausewetter as Walter Bienert, Beinerts Sohn, Student
  • Charlotte Ander as Gerda Bienert - Bienerts Tochter
  • Anni Markart as Erna Kabisch
  • Edith Meinhard as Mella Ziehr
  • Oskar Sima as Karl Zülke, Portier
  • Julius Falkenstein as Anatol Scherr, ein Hausbewohner
  • Heinrich Gretler as Kurt Brann, sein Untermieter
  • Hermann Speelmans as Bruno Klatte, Artist
  • Jakob Tiedtke as Ein genierter Herr
  • Gerhard Bienert as Baumann, Kriminalkommissar
  • Heinz Berghaus as Schneider, Kriminalbeamter
  • Carl Lambertin as Kriebel, Kiminalbeamter
  • Emilia Unda
  • Erwin Splettstößer

    • References

    Inquest (1931 German film) Wikipedia
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    Inquest (1931 German film) IMDb Inquest (1931 German film) themoviedb.org