A middle-aged professor's young bride and his assistant plan to commit a double murder disguised as a "Crime Passionel", but discover too late that one of their intended victims has become a fellow conspirator.
Pinkas Braun
as Professor Paul Canova
Cherie Lunghi
as Beatrice Manceau
Jonathan Pryce
as Christian Magny
Carmen du Sautoy
as Vera Canova
Anna Cropper
as Gertrude
Friedrich von Thun
as Insurance Director
Arthur Brauss
as Richter
