# Murder Without Cause

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1921 film

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Murder Without Cause German Der Mord ohne Täter Directed by E. A. Dupont Written by E. A. Dupont Paul Rosenhayn Produced by Hanns Lippmann Starring Hermann Vallentin Paul Richter Hanni Weisse Cinematography Karl Hasselmann Production company Gloria-Film Distributed by UFA Release date 2 January 1921 (1921-01-02) Country Germany Languages Silent German intertitles

***Murder Without Cause*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Der Mord ohne Täter***) is a 1921 German [silent](/source/Silent_film) [crime film](/source/Crime_film) directed by [E. A. Dupont](/source/E._A._Dupont) and starring [Hermann Vallentin](/source/Hermann_Vallentin), [Paul Richter](/source/Paul_Richter) and [Hanni Weisse](/source/Hanni_Weisse).[1]

The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Robert A. Dietrich](/source/Robert_A._Dietrich) and Jack Winter.

## Cast

- [Hermann Vallentin](/source/Hermann_Vallentin) as Mr. Powell, Chef der Zeitung 'Die Menschheit'

- [Paul Richter](/source/Paul_Richter) as Editor Murphy

- [Hanni Weisse](/source/Hanni_Weisse) as Alice

- [Henry Bender](/source/Henry_Bender) as Doctor Kent

- Peter Esser

- [Bernhard Goetzke](/source/Bernhard_Goetzke)

- [Charles Puffy](/source/Charles_Puffy) as Bill

- Magda Madeleine as Florence Gatty

- [Fritz Schulz](/source/Fritz_Schulz_(actor)) as Bobby Stanley

## See also

- *[The Man Who Dared](/source/The_Man_Who_Dared_(1946_film))* (1946)

- *[Beyond a Reasonable Doubt](/source/Beyond_a_Reasonable_Doubt_(1956_film))* (1956)

- *[The Life of David Gale](/source/The_Life_of_David_Gale)* (2003)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Bock, Hans-Michael](/source/Hans-Michael_Bock); Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). *The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema*. New York, NY: [Berghahn Books](/source/Berghahn_Books). p. 102. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1571816550](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1571816550). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [j.ctt1x76dm6](https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt1x76dm6).

## External links

- [*Murder Without Cause*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0444671/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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