
Paris, 1888. With the help of forensic medicine, a sensational criminal case is uncovered. The chief of the Paris Sûreté, Inspector Goron, with the help of Lyon University Professor Lacassagne, is able to solve a capital crime that seemed unsolvable according to the methods of forensic science at the time. By analyzing the bone structure, Lacassagne identifies an unknown dead man as the Parisian civil servant Alphonse Gouffé, who disappeared months ago, and is also able to prove that he was murdered. The murder suspects include Gabrielle Bompard and her lover Michele Eyraudt.
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Cast

Hannes Messemer
Goron

Hannelore Elsner
Gabrielle Bompard

Herbert Fleischmann
Michele Eyraudt
Friedrich W. Bauschulte
Alphonse Gouffé

Ilona Grübel
Anise Gouffé
Herbert Steinmetz
Emile Gerbeaux

Diana Körner
Elise Pervier

Peter Schiff
Bissaud
Susanne Korda
Renée Poisson
Martin Rosenstiel
Catouche
Martin Hirthe
Leduc
Kurt Buecheler
Lacassagne
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