Police Report (1934 film)

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Police Report
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Directed by Georg Jacoby
Written by Walter Wassermann
Based onDie Frau im schwarzen Schleier by Hedda Lindner
Starring Olga Chekhova
Paul Otto
Hansi Niese
Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund
Music byFriedrich Wilhelm Rust
Production
company
Release date
12 January 1934
CountryGermany
Language German

Police Report (German: Der Polizeibericht meldet) is a 1934 German mystery crime film directed by Georg Jacoby and starring Olga Chekhova, Paul Otto and Hansi Niese. [1] [2] It was adapted from the 1932 novel Die Frau im schwarzen Schleier by Hedda Lindne.

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The head of the company is found shot dead, not long after attempting to seduce Gisela Ostercamp the wife of his business partner. The police investigate and conclude that she is guilty of the murder. She is placed on trial but the murdered man's brother, a lawyer, takes up her case.

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  1. Giesen p.145
  2. Rentschler p.230

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