1962 · Heinz Thiel · 86 min
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.
Gerry WolffOberleutnant SchneiderKurt ConradiLeutnant Anders
Johannes ArpePaul GäblerRuth KommerellErna Gäbler, seine Frau
Rudolf UlrichFritz Gäbler, Pauls Bruder
Marianne WünscherMartha Demuth
Ingeborg KrabbeEdith Kolbe
Günter SchubertLothar
Hans Lucke
Albert Garbe
Walfriede Schmitt
Hans Klering
Rolf Römer
Manfred Borges
Elfriede Florin