The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
The beautiful Evelyne Schratt, who has many admirerers, and whose two husbands both died under mysterious circumstances, is giving a reception. When one of her admirers is found stabbed to death in a room upstairs, the police detains everyone in the house and begins an interrogation (oh goody: does dinner come with this mystery theatre, too?). Evelyne admits, that the murdered man tried to blackmail about some information he had about the death of the two husbands.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jürgen von AltenDirector
- Erwin KrekerWriter
- Fritz WenneisOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Olga TschechowaEvelyne Schratt
- Hilde HildebrandBaronin Bornegg
- Iván PetrovichArno Molander
- Hans BrausewetterErnst Nordau
- Kurt VespermannMieke
- Theodor LoosDr. Elken, Hausarzt
- Axel MonjéCast
- Rudolf Klein-RoggeDirektor Bremer
- Hellmuth PassargeCast
- Hermann PfeifferBöhmer
- Josef ReithoferCast
- Ernst DumckeKrininalrat Marquardt