''Murder Without Cause'' () is a 1921 German silent

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directed by E. A. Dupont and starring

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Paul Richter Paul Richter (1 April 1895 – 30 December 1961) was an Austrian film actor. He owed his great popularity in German films of the silent era largely to the directors Joe May and Fritz Lang. Biography Richter made his film debut right before W ...

and

Hanni Weisse Hanni Weisse (16 October 1892 – 13 December 1967) was a German stage and film actress.Sutton, Katie. The Masculine Woman in Weimar Germany', pp. 68-69. New York, New York: Bergahn, 2011. She appeared in 146 films between 1912 and 1942. Biogra ...

. The film's sets were designed by the

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Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Student of Prague (1913 film), The Student of P ...

and Jack Winter.

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as Mr. Powell, Chef der Zeitung 'Die Menschheit' *

as Editor Murphy *

as Alice *

Henry Bender Henry Bender (born Harry Bandheimer; 1867–1933) was a German stage and film actor.Chandler p. 272 He appeared in more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * ''The Devil'' (1918) * '' Madeleine'' (1919) * ''Whitechapel'' ...

as Doctor Kent *Peter Esser *

Bernhard Goetzke Bernhard Goetzke (5 June 1884 – 7 October 1964) was a German stage and film actor, renowned for his contributions to German silent cinema. Born in Danzig, German Empire (now Gdańsk, Poland), Goetzke began his acting career in theaters acros ...

Charles Puffy Charles Puffy (born Károly Hochstein; 3 November 1884 – 1942 or 1943) was a Hungarian film actor. Biography Hochstein appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. He was the only slapstick star in Hungary's silent film era, appeari ...

as Bill *Magda Madeleine as Florence Gatty * Fritz Schulz as Bobby Stanley

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* Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films directed by E. A. Dupont German black-and-white films 1921 crime films German crime films Foreign films set in the United States Films about journalists Films about capital punishment UFA GmbH films 1920s German films 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-silent-crime-film-stub

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