Released:
1974-08-01

Overview:
The forester Auer is found killed on a Sunday in the forest, and the police begins a feverish search for the culprit. Only pastor Gruber already knows who it is. It is Hannes Reyer, son of the richest farmer in the region, who has confessed the act of murder to him. Gruber, however, is bound to his obligation to secrecy. But when the young Ernst Nortinger is arrested under suspicion for murder, he knows what he has to do and relinquishes his priesthood in order to report Hannes to the police. But things don’t get so far, as Hannes dies in an accident during an altercation with the priest. Nonetheless, Gruber does not return to his office. In quiescence, he wants to find out whether he still can handle the burden of the priesthood. Senior pastor Bachmayer however is convinced that he will return.

Director:
Theo Maria Werner

Runtime:
1h 30min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Siegfried Rauch
  as
  Pastor Franz Gruber
• 
  Hans Holt
  as
  Pastor Julius Bachmayer
• 
  Christine Böhm
  as
  Barbara Brandner
• 
  Maria Andergast
  as
  Mother Brandner
• 
  Michael Negri
  as
  Hannes Reyer