A Saturday evening dance in the village pub is interrupted when the barn of local farmer Paul Gäbler catches on fire. The farmer himself is soon found – hanged. Sawmill owner Züllich claims that Gäbler committed suicide because he was forced to join an agricultural production cooperative, but others are convinced Gäbler was murdered. Officers Schneider and Anders must navigate their way through a complex maze of personal and political motivations in order to reconstruct the crime.
Genre: Crime
Stars: Gerry Wolff, Kurt Conradi, Johannes Arpe, Ruth Kommerell, Rudolf Ulrich, Marianne Wünscher
Crew: Heinz Thiel (Director), Lothar Creutz (Writer), Carl Andrießen (Writer), Wally Gurschke (Editor), Horst E. Brandt (Cinematography), Helmut Nier (Music)
Country: East Germany
Language: Deutsch
Studio: DEFA
Runtime: 86 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 19, 1962
IMDb: 10
Keywords:murder
