Movie

Im Namen einer Mutter (1960)

• September 1, 1960

• Drama

Overview

A young widow shoots the murderer of her young daughter because the court had to declare the sex offender—who had already killed two children—mentally ill and not criminally responsible; she herself is granted leniency for manslaughter in the heat of the moment.

Director

Erich Engels

Starring

Ulla Jacobsson, Claus Holm, Dietmar Schönherr