The Dark Knight
2008 · Action · Thriller
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Film / 1962
Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?
Directed by
Heinz Thiel
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 …
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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.
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Cast
Gerry WolffOberleutnant Schneider
Kurt ConradiLeutnant Anders
Johannes ArpePaul Gäbler
Ruth 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
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Rolf Römer
Manfred Borges
Elfriede Florin
Sonja Hörbing
Horst Lommatzsch
Gertrud Brendler
Hans FinohrBruno Schönherr
Rudolf Fleck
Dietmar Richter-Reinick
Walter Richter-Reinick
Jochen Thomas
Rudolf Christoph
Hans Flössel
Charlotte Friedrich
Bella Waldritter
Trude Bechmann
Manfred Ott
Hermann Eckhardt
Otmar Richter
Walter E. Fuß
Jürgen Rothert
Willi Neuenhahn
Ruth Glöss
Frank Michelis
Lisa Wehn
Peter Festersen
Günter Rüger
Albert Zahn
Hans Winter
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