The Rats (1955)
Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the boyfriend who abandoned her. She has no option but to sell her child to another woman, Anna. After the birth, Pauline decides she wants the baby back.
Director: Robert Siodmak
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Curd Jürgens as Bruno Mechelke |
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Maria Schell as Pauline Karka |
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Gustav Knuth as Karl John |
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Heidemarie Hatheyer as Anna John |
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Ilse Steppat as Frau Knobbe |
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Franz Rémond Jr. as Harro Hassenreuter |
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Lou Seitz as Hebamme Kielbacke |
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Barbara Rost as Selma Knobbe |
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Erich Dunskus as |
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Carl de Vogt as |
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Hans Bergmann as |
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Walter Bluhm as |
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Karl Hellmer as Postbeamter |
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Manfred Meurer as |
| Sound | Werner Eisbrenner | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Robert Siodmak | Director |
| Production | Artur Brauner | Producer |
| Writing | Jochen Huth | Writer |
| Sound | Clemens Tütsch | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ilse Schulz | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Willi Nixdorf | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Hugo Schott | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Gerhart Hauptmann | Theatre Play |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Brauner | Costume Design |
| Camera | Bob Klebig | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Wolfgang Bellenbaum | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gertrud Schaefer | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Göran Strindberg | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ira Oberberg | Editor |
| Editing | Klaus Eckstein | Editor |
| Art | Hans Jürgen Kiebach | Production Design |
| Art | Rolf Zehetbauer | Production Design |