The Man Who Murdered () is a 1931 German crime drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Conrad Veidt, Trude von Molo and Heinrich George. It is adapted from the 906 novel L'homme qui assassina by Claude Farrère. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Heinrich Richter and Hermann Warm. It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Potsdam. Location filming took place in Istanbul and around the Bosphorus. It premiered at the Gloria-Palast in Berlin. The following year a separate English version, Stamboul, was made.
Synopsis
In pre-First World War Constantinople, French colonel the Marquis de Sévigné is brought in to train the Turkish Army. He encounters the domineering Lord Falkland and his sensitive wife. Although the marriage is loveless, she can't consider leaving her husband as it would mean also losing her young son George. Sévigné falls in love with her, and shoots Lord Falkland. However, suspicion of the murder then falls on an innocent man.
Cast
Conrad Veidt as Marquis de Sévigné
Trude von Molo as Lady Falkland
Heinrich George as Lord Falkland
Friedl Haerlin as Lady Edith
Frida Richard as Lady Foult
Friedrich Kayßler as Mehmed Pascha
Gregori Chmara as Prince Cernuwicz
Erich Ponto as Boucher - franz. Gesandter
Hans-Joachim Möbis as Terrail
Yvette Rodin as Mme. Terrail
Rolf Drucker as George Falkland - Sohn
Bruno Ziener as Prospère - Diener bei Sévigné
See also
The Right to Love (1920) Stamboul (1931)
References
Bibliography
Soister, John T. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.