Therese Giehse, Gustav Knuth, Kurt Erhardt, Wolfgang Kieling, Lilo Barth, Siegfried Lowitz. Originally filmed for television by SDR (now SWR) in 1964. First performed 21 February 1962 in Zürich. Originally filmed for television by SDR (now SWR) in 1964.
Summary:
Three men, physicists by trade, are living in a home for the mentally ill and each believes he is a famous physicist, namely, Sir Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein and Johann Wilhelm Möbius. Following the murders of two nurses, the motive behind the killings reveal that none of the three patients are mad and insanity is a vain attempt to keep a deadly invention from falling into the wrong hands. The story deals with questions of scientific ethics and humanity's ability to handle its intellectual responsibilities.
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