Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his mother, which he witnessed.
Social & External
The people behind it
Kai Fischer
Isabella, Stimmungssängerin
Wolfgang Preiss
Kriminalkommissar Dr. Jäger
Carl Lange
Harald Flint, Großunternehmer
Wolfgang Wahl
Kriminalsekretär Willy Wagenknecht
Charles Regnier
Dr. Wagenknecht, Polizeichemiker
Gert Fröbe
Titu Goritsch
Maria Sebaldt
Anni Prasuhn, Ringkämpferin
Maria Litto
Lily
Carsta Löck
Frau Quast
Elke Aberle
Evchen Flint
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