Schatten der Nacht (1950)
Elga's life with Magnus, her husband, would be a happy one if Struwe, her former lover, had not resurfaced and started to blackmail her.For a while, he has been extorting money from her, threatening, if she didn't, to reveal all the details about their past life. In desperation, Elga decides to disappear and goes to another town where, forsaken and forlorn, she sinks lower and lower. One day, Magnus, who has not forgotten her, meets her by chance. And he falls in love with this stray creature who reminds him of the one who left him so suddenly...
Director: Eugen York
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Hilde Krahl as Elga |
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Willy Fritsch as Ernst Magnus |
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Carl Raddatz as Richard Struwe |
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Carl-Heinz Schroth as Minjes |
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Ursula Herking as Julia |
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Inge Meysel as Lisa |
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Josef Sieber as Mumme |
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Hermann Schomberg as Edgar Elsberg |
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Arnim Dahl as Freitag |
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Albert Florath as Kommissar |
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Lilo Müller as |
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Thessy Kuhls as |
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Franz Schafheitlin as |
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Helmuth Gmelin as |
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Änne Bruck as |
| Directing | Eugen York | Director |
| Production | Walter Koppel | Producer |
| Production | Gyula Trebitsch | Producer |
| Editing | Alice Ludwig | Editor |
| Camera | Willy Winterstein | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Wolfgang Zeller | Music |
| Writing | Otto-Heinz Jahn | Writer |