{{Short description|1921 film}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox film |name = Murder Without Cause |image = |caption = |native_name = {{Infobox name module|de|Der Mord ohne Täter}} |director = [[E. A. Dupont]] |producer = [[Hanns Lippmann]] |writer = E. A. Dupont<br>Paul Rosenhayn |starring = {{ubl|[[Hermann Vallentin]]|[[Paul Richter]]|[[Hanni Weisse]]}} |cinematography = [[Karl Hasselmann]] |studio = Gloria-Film |distributor = [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] |released = {{Film date|1921|1|2|df=yes}} |runtime = |country = Germany |language = [[Silent film|Silent]]<br>German [[intertitle]]s }}
'''''Murder Without Cause''''' ({{langx|de|'''Der Mord ohne Täter'''}}) is a 1921 German [[Silent film|silent]] [[crime film]] directed by [[E. A. Dupont]] and starring [[Hermann Vallentin]], [[Paul Richter]] and [[Hanni Weisse]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Hans-Michael|editor-last1=Bock|editor-link1=Hans-Michael Bock|editor-first2=Tim|editor-last2=Bergfelder|title=The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema|publisher=[[Berghahn Books]]|year=2009|location=New York, NY|page=102|isbn=1571816550|jstor=j.ctt1x76dm6}}</ref>
The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Robert A. Dietrich]] and Jack Winter.
==Cast== *[[Hermann Vallentin]] as Mr. Powell, Chef der Zeitung 'Die Menschheit' *[[Paul Richter]] as Editor Murphy *[[Hanni Weisse]] as Alice *[[Henry Bender]] as Doctor Kent *Peter Esser *[[Bernhard Goetzke]] *[[Charles Puffy]] as Bill *Magda Madeleine as Florence Gatty *[[Fritz Schulz (actor)|Fritz Schulz]] as Bobby Stanley
==See also== *''[[The Man Who Dared (1946 film)|The Man Who Dared]]'' (1946) *''[[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film)|Beyond a Reasonable Doubt]]'' (1956) *''[[The Life of David Gale]]'' (2003)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|0444671}}
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