Told in flashback, the film recounts the events leading up to the killing of good-for-nothing Curt Jurgens. Warned by her friends and relatives that Jurgens is a bad job, impulsive Ina Kahr marries him anyway. His ceaseless philandering and abuse wears away at Ina to the point that she contemplates poisoning her husband...
| Directing | G.W. Pabst | Director |
| Writing | Hans Emil Dits | Novel |
| Writing | Erna Fentsch | Screenplay |
| Production | Alfred Bittins | Producer |
| Sound | Erwin Halletz | Music |
| Camera | Günther Anders | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Herbert Taschner | Editor |
| Art | Hertha Hareiter | Art Direction |
| Art | Otto Pischinger | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Minna Held | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franz Mayrhofer | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Peter Pabst | Assistant Director |
| Sound | F.W. Dustmann | Sound |