
Paris, 1888. With the help of forensic medicine, a sensational criminal case is uncovered. The chief of the Paris Sûreté, Inspector Goron, with the help of Lyon University Professor Lacassagne, is able to solve a capital crime that seemed unsolvable according to the methods of forensic science at the time. By analyzing the bone structure, Lacassagne identifies an unknown dead man as the Parisian civil servant Alphonse Gouffé, who disappeared months ago, and is also able to prove that he was murdered. The murder suspects include Gabrielle Bompard and her lover Michele Eyraudt.
Cast

Hannes Messemer
Goron

Hannelore Elsner
Gabrielle Bompard

Herbert Fleischmann
Michele Eyraudt
Friedrich W. Bauschulte
Alphonse Gouffé

Ilona Grübel
Anise Gouffé
Herbert Steinmetz
Emile Gerbeaux

Diana Körner
Elise Pervier

Peter Schiff
Bissaud
Susanne Korda
Renée Poisson
Martin Rosenstiel
Catouche
Martin Hirthe
Leduc
Kurt Buecheler
Lacassagne
Susanne Wisten
Berthe Gerbeaux
Eric Vaessen
Isère

Lutz Riedel
Secretary

Katharina Brauren
Concierge

Erna Haffner
Wardrobe Lady
Herbert Grünbaum
Moumont
Friedhelm Lehmann
William Stone
Rolf Schult
Journalist
Kurt Lauermann
Street Guard
Walter Tschernich
Beaumont
Georg Braun
Coachman
Werner Berndt
Soufflon
Crew
Oswald Döpke
Director
Robert Wolfgang Schnell
Writer
Ursula Kahlbaum
Editor

Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Wolfgang Baecker
Commissioning Editor
Peter Pauker
Assistant Director
Roman Weyl
Production Design
Detlef Geier
Assistant Camera
Barbara Bilabel
Costume Designer
Fredy Arnold
Makeup Artist
Martina Schwedas
Makeup Artist
Gerhard Müller
Sound
Bernd Kampka
Original Music Composer
Fritz Fuhlert
Production Manager