Nacht wenn der Teufel kam / eine Robert Siodmak Produktion der Divina ; screenplay, Will Berthold ; based on the book by Werner Jörg Lüddecke ; produced and directed by Robert Siodmak.
Publisher:
Kino Classics,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Claus Holm, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Peter Carsten. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1957. Based on an article written by Will Berthold. Special features: Audio commentary by Imogen Sara Smith.
Summary:
The murder of a Hamburg barmaid seems an open-and-shut case until a recently demobilized Nazi soldier, reassigned to the police force, suspects it₂s the work of a serial killer. His efforts to bring the murderer to justice run afoul of the Reich, which fears the culprit is Aryan, not the foreigner, gypsy, or Jew they would prefer. Director Robert Siodmak, the greatest practitioner of Hollywood noir returned to Germany in the 1950s to finish his career. This was the most powerful film of those later years, a subtle yet scathing payback to the Nazis that chased him from his homeland. Based on the true story of murderer Bruno Lüdke, Siodmak creates a tense policier that's also a psychological drama exploring how some of those who did not flee the Reich struggled to maintain their integrity and morality in the face of overwhelming corruption and evil.
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