Inquest (1931)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 19, 1931Release Date
Inquest (1931)
1h 25m
Running Time
April 19, 1931Release Date
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Albert Bassermann
Dr. Konrad Bienert, Landgerichtsrat
Gustav Fröhlich
Fritz Bernt, Student
Oskar Sima
Karl Zülke, Portier
Hans Brausewetter
Walter Bienert, Beinerts Sohn, Student
Heinrich Gretler
Kurt Brann, sein Untermieter
Charlotte Ander
Gerda Bienert - Bienerts Tochter
Julius Falkenstein
Anatol Scherr, ein Hausbewohner
Robert Siodmak
Director
Max Alsberg
Writer
Gerhard Bienert
Baumann, Kriminalkommissar
Otto Ernst Hesse
Writer
Ernst Hesse
Writer
Annie Markart
Erna Kabisch
Robert Liebmann
Writer
Hans Müller
Writer
Edith Meinhard
Mella Ziehr
Details.
Release DateApril 19, 1931
Original NameVoruntersuchung
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Genres
Wiki.
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. A separate French-language version About an Inquest was also produced.