Die junge aufstrebende Sängerin Vera Findteis wird während der Premiere als Zarin Katharina die Große auf der Bühne erschossen. Der "gespielte Schuss" gehörte zur Rolle ihres Partners Hans Günther. Doch nun muss sich Polizeirat Dr. Cornelsen, Leiter der Mordkommission, mit einem echten Fall befassen.

During her premiere as the Czaress Katherine the Great on the state, the young and ambitious singer Vere Findteis is shot. The pistol of her partner Hans Gunther was supposed to be loaded with blanks. But now, police investigator Dr. Cornelsen, the leading detective in the murder investigation, has to deal with anything but blanks.

THERE IS A NEWSREEL PREVIEW BEFORE THE FILM, JUST AS GERMAN AUDIENCES MIGHT HAVE SEEN WHEN THE MOVIE WAS FIRST SHOWN (except this newsreel may not be contemporary to when the film was released).

DVD-R IS IN GERMAN WITH NO SUBTITLES (except for the Newsreel). APPROX. 108 MINS. COMBINED TOTAL. WELL-WORN, VHS-LIKE FILM QUALITY OVERALL, BUT WATCHABLE.  SOME INCONSISTENT SOUND ISSUES  (gain falls and rises at times).