---
title: 'Inquest (1931)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Siodmak'
released: '1931-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Weimar Republic'
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/inquest-1931'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022543/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Inquest (1931)

1931 · 95 min · Drama, Crime · Weimar Republic, Germany

Original title: Voruntersuchung

## Synopsis

Inquest is a 1931 German crime film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Albert Bassermann, Gustav Fröhlich and Hans Brausewetter. Along with another film that Siodmak made the same year Storms of Passion, it anticipates the later development of film noir. It was made by German's largest studio Universum Film, with sets designed by art director Erich Kettelhut. Paul Martin, who soon after emerged as a leading director, was assistant director to Siodmak on the film. It was based on a 1927 play of the same title by Max Alsberg and Ernst Hesse. A separate French-language version About an Inquest was also produced.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Siodmak](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-siodmak)
- **Screenplay:** [Max Alsberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-alsberg)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otto Baecker](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-baecker)
- **Editor:** [Viktor Gertler](https://cinepixo.com/people/viktor-gertler)

## Cast

- [Charlotte Ander](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-ander)
- [Albert Bassermann](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-bassermann)
- [Jakob Tiedtke](https://cinepixo.com/people/jakob-tiedtke)
- [Hermann Speelmans](https://cinepixo.com/people/hermann-speelmans)
- [Julius Falkenstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julius-falkenstein)
- [Hans Brausewetter](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-brausewetter)
- [Annie Markart](https://cinepixo.com/people/annie-markart)
- [Gerhard Bienert](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-bienert)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Edith Meinhard](https://cinepixo.com/people/edith-meinhard)
- [Gustav Fröhlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-frohlich)
- [Oskar Sima](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-sima)
- [Emilia Unda](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilia-unda)

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