Im Namen einer Mutter (1960)
1960 · Drama
Genres: Drama
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.
Director: Erich Engels
Cast
Ulla Jacobsson as Vicky MerlinClaus Holm as Dr. Felix SperberDietmar Schönherr as Fritz MerlinBrigitte Mira as Mutter Reitner, StrafgefangeneCarsta Löck as Berta, HaushälterinRudolf Fernau as StaatsanwaltIrene von Meyendorff as Nora Fellaner, LehrerinHans Putz as WendlandChristiane Nielsen as Betty SperberHans Paetsch as GerichtsvorsitzenderEthel Reschke as LottePaul Edwin Roth as GerichtssachverständigerMore like this
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