The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
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.
Director:
Robert Siodmak
Writer:
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
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Claus Holm as Police Commissioner Axel Kersten |
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Mario Adorf as Bruno Lüdke |
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Hannes Messemer as SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf |
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Peter Carsten as SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz |
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Carl Lange as Major Thomas Wollenberg |
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Werner Peters as Willi Keun |
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Annemarie Düringer as Helga Hornung |
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Monika John as Waitress Lucy Hansen |
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Rosel Schäfer as Anna Hohmann |
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Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien |
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Walter Janssen as DS Boehm |
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Wilmut Borell as SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich |
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Helmut Brasch as SS-Truppführer Scharf |
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Georg Lehn as Detective Bruehl |
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Lukas Ammann as Public Defender |
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Margaret Jahnen as Frau Weinberger |
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Käthe Itter as Doorman's Wife |
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Else Quecke as Frau Lehmann |
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Christa Nielsen as Blonde Prostitute |
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Alois Maria Giani as |
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Dietrich Thoms as Soldier |
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Heinz Beck as Station Constable (uncredited) |
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Trude Breitschopf as SS-Scharführerin (uncredited) |
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Friedrich Joloff as Radio Announcer (uncredited) |
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Karl-Heinz Peters as Air-raid Warden (uncredited) |
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Toni Treutler as Canteen Keeper (uncredited) |
| Directing | Robert Siodmak | Director |
| Editing | Walter Boos | Editor |
| Camera | Georg Krause | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Werner Jörg Lüddecke | Screenplay |
| Sound | Siegfried Franz | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Walter Boos | Assistant Director |
| Art | Rolf Zehetbauer | Production Design |
| Writing | Will Berthold | Original Story |
| Art | Gottfried Will | Production Design |
| Production | Claus Hardt | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Erwin Jennewein | Sound |
| Directing | Oskar Wintergerst | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Hahne-Herberg | Costume Designer |
| Production | Gustl Lautenbacher | Production Manager |
| Production | Werner Fischer | Production Director |