The Man Who Murdered

The Man Who Murdered (German: Der Mann, der den Mord beging) 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 1906 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.

The Man Who Murdered
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Written by	Pierre Frondaie Heinz Goldberg Henry Koster Harry Kahn Carl Mayer
Based on	L'homme qui assassina by Claude Farrère
Produced by	Curt Melnitz Ralph Scotoni Victor Skutezky
Starring	Conrad Veidt Trude von Molo Heinrich George
Cinematography	Curt Courant
Edited by	Laslo Benedek
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	Terra Film
Release date	23 January 1931 (1931-01-23)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

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)

Bibliography

• Grange, William (2008). Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5967-8.
• Soister, John T. Conrad Veidt on Screen: A Comprehensive Illustrated Filmography. McFarland, 2002.
• Spicer, Andrew; Hanson, Helen (2013). A Companion to Film Noir. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-52371-1.

External links

• The Man Who Murdered at IMDb