Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Warned by her friends and relatives that Jurgens is a bad job, impulsive Ina Kahr marries him anyway. His ceaseless philandering and abuse wears away at Ina to the point that she contemplates poisoning her husband...
Cast
Curd Jürgens
Paul Kahr
Elisabeth Müller
Ina Kahr
Albert Lieven
Dr. Pleyer
Vera Molnar
Jenny
Friedrich Domin
Vater Stoll
Jester Naefe
Cora Brink
Margot Trooger
Margit Kahr
Ingmar Zeisberg
Marianne von Degenhardt
Hilde Körber
Wärterin Stuckmann
Hanna Rucker
Helga Barnholm
Ulrich Beiger
Unknown
Renate Mannhardt
Unknown
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Unknown
Hilde Sessak
Unknown
Crew
G.W. Pabst
Director
Erna Fentsch
Screenplay
Hans Emil Dits
Novel
Herbert Taschner
Editor
Günther Anders
Director of Photography
Peter Pabst
Assistant Director
Alfred Bittins
Producer
Minna Held
Makeup Artist
Franz Mayrhofer
Makeup Artist
F.W. Dustmann
Sound
Erwin Halletz
Music
Hertha Hareiter
Art Direction
Otto Pischinger
Art Direction
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