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Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?

Tanz am Sonnabend-Mord?

January 19, 1962
1h 26m
Crime
Critics
85/100
Story
82/100
Acting
88/100
Cinematography
90/100
Soundtrack
80/100

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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Director
Heinz Thiel
Cast
Gerry Wolff, Kurt Conradi, Johannes Arpe, Ruth Kommerell, Rudolf Ulrich, Marianne Wünscher, Ingeborg Krabbe, Günter Schubert, Hans Lucke, Albert Garbe
Release Date
January 19, 1962
Production
DEFA

Rating Distribution

User Ratings

5 Stars65%
1235
4 Stars25%
475
3 Stars8%
152
2 Stars2%
38
1 Stars0%
0
Total: 1,900 ratings

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