Im Namen einer Mutter
A young widow shoots the murderer of her young daughter because the court had to declare the sex offender—who had already killed two children—mentally ill and not criminally responsible; she herself is granted leniency for manslaughter in the heat of the moment.
Top cast
Ulla Jacobsson
Vicky Merlin
Claus Holm
Dr. Felix Sperber
Dietmar Schönherr
Fritz Merlin
Brigitte Mira
Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene
Carsta Löck
Berta, Haushälterin
Rudolf Fernau
Staatsanwalt
Irene von Meyendorff
Nora Fellaner, Lehrerin
Hans Putz
Wendland
Christiane Nielsen
Betty Sperber
Hans Paetsch
Gerichtsvorsitzender
Ethel Reschke
Lotte
Paul Edwin Roth
Gerichtssachverständiger
Ilse Steppat
Frau Barlowsky
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 1, 1960
- Original language
- DE
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