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Release Date:
April 6, 1944
Original Title:
Der Verteidiger hat das Wort
Alternate Titles:
Plädoyer
Genres:
Crime | Drama
Production Companies:
Tobis Filmkunst
Production Countries:
Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
Jordan, a famous criminal lawyer, will only represent clients, of whose innocence he is convinced (must be financially not-too-well-off). One day, his future son-in-law, the jeweler Fabian, is arrested on suspicion of murder on the day before his wedding. He is said to have murdered his ex-wife, the dancer Ria Norady. The conductor Gillmore found her dead in her dressing room shortly after a visit from Fabian. Gisela Jordan asks her father to defend him. After speaking to Fabian, the lawyer is convinced he's innocent. But since there is no proof of this, he decides to go and try and find the real murderer himself.
Assistant Director:
Rudolf Hilberg
Kai Möller
Costume Design:
Gertraud Recke
Director:
Werner Klingler
Director of Photography:
Georg Bruckbauer
Editor:
Ella Ensink
Idea:
Edgar Kahn
Original Music Composer:
Willy Mattes
Producer:
Heinrich George
Production Design:
Franz F. Fürst
Fritz Lück
Fritz Maurischat
Screenplay:
Harald G. Petersson
Sound:
Oskar Haarbrandt
Writer:
Harald G. Petersson
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