The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Nachts wenn der Teufel kam
97 min
Hamburg, Germany, 1944, during World War II. A serial killer terrorizes the city. When it seems clear that the local police are unable to catch him, forces as dark and terrible as the criminal himself become involved in the case.
- Release date
- September 19, 1957
- Country of origin
- Germany
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Cast
- Claus Holm as Kommissar Axel Kersten
- Mario Adorf as Bruno Lüdke
- Hannes Messemer as SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
- Peter Carsten as SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
- Carl Lange as Major Thomas Wollenberg
- Werner Peters as Willi Keun
- Annemarie Düringer as Helga Hornung
- Monika John as Lucy Hansen
- Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Dr. Schleffien
- Walter Janssen as DS Boehm
- Wilmut Borell as SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
- Helmut Brasch as SS-Truppführer Scharf
- Georg Lehn as Detective Bruehl
- Lukas Ammann as Public Defender
- Margaret Jahnen as Frau Weinberger
- Else Quecke as Frau Lehmann
- Dietrich Thoms as Soldier
- Heinz Beck as Station Constable (uncredited)
- Trude Breitschopf as SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)
- Friedrich Joloff as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
- Karl-Heinz Peters as Air-raid Warden (uncredited)
- Toni Treutler as Canteen Keeper (uncredited)
- Rose Schäfer as Anna Hohmann
Crew
- Robert Siodmak · Director
- Will Berthold · Writer
- Werner Jörg Lüddecke · Writer
- Robert Siodmak · Producer
- Siegfried Franz · Composer
- Georg Krause · Cinematographer
- Walter Boos · Editor
- Rolf Zehetbauer · Production designer