Im Namen einer Mutter

Overview

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.

Directed by Erich Engels

Top cast

Ulla Jacobsson

Vicky Merlin

Claus Holm

Dr. Felix Sperber

Dietmar Schönherr

Fritz Merlin

Brigitte Mira

Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene

Carsta Löck

Berta, Haushälterin

Rudolf Fernau

Staatsanwalt

Irene von Meyendorff

Nora Fellaner, Lehrerin

Hans Putz

Wendland

Christiane Nielsen

Betty Sperber

Hans Paetsch

Gerichtsvorsitzender

Ethel Reschke

Lotte

Paul Edwin Roth

Gerichtssachverständiger

Ilse Steppat

Frau Barlowsky

Details