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.
Cast
Gerry Wolff
Oberleutnant Schneider
Kurt Conradi
Leutnant Anders
Johannes Arpe
Paul Gäbler
Ruth Kommerell
Erna Gäbler, seine Frau
Rudolf Ulrich
Fritz Gäbler, Pauls Bruder
Marianne Wünscher
Martha Demuth
Ingeborg Krabbe
Edith Kolbe
Günter Schubert
Lothar
Hans Lucke
Unknown
Albert Garbe
Unknown
Walfriede Schmitt
Unknown
Hans Klering
Unknown
Rolf Römer
Unknown
Manfred Borges
Unknown
Elfriede Florin
Unknown
Sonja Hörbing
Unknown
Horst Lommatzsch
Unknown
Gertrud Brendler
Unknown
Hans Finohr
Bruno Schönherr
Rudolf Fleck
Unknown
Dietmar Richter-Reinick
Unknown
Walter Richter-Reinick
Unknown
Jochen Thomas
Unknown
Rudolf Christoph
Unknown
Hans Flössel
Unknown
Charlotte Friedrich
Unknown
Bella Waldritter
Unknown
Trude Bechmann
Unknown
Manfred Ott
Unknown
Hermann Eckhardt
Unknown
Otmar Richter
Unknown
Walter E. Fuß
Unknown
Jürgen Rothert
Unknown
Willi Neuenhahn
Unknown
Ruth Glöss
Unknown
Frank Michelis
Unknown
Lisa Wehn
Unknown
Peter Festersen
Unknown
Günter Rüger
Unknown
Albert Zahn
Unknown
Hans Winter
Unknown
