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The Devil Strikes at Night( 1957)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Claus Holm

      Police Commissioner Axel Kersten

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      Mario Adorf

      Bruno Lüdke

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      Hannes Messemer

      SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf

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      Peter Carsten

      SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz

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      Carl Lange

      Major Thomas Wollenberg

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      Werner Peters

      Willi Keun

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      Annemarie Düringer

      Helga Hornung

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      Monika John

      Waitress Lucy Hansen

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      Rosel Schäfer

      Anna Hohmann

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      Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

      Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien

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      Walter Janssen

      DS Boehm

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      Wilmut Borell

      SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich

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      Helmut Brasch

      SS-Truppführer Scharf

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      Georg Lehn

      Detective Bruehl

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      Lukas Ammann

      Public Defender

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      Margaret Jahnen

      Frau Weinberger

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      Käthe Itter

      Doorman's Wife

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      Else Quecke

      Frau Lehmann

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      Christa Nielsen

      Blonde Prostitute

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      Alois Maria Giani

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      Dietrich Thoms

      Soldier

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      Heinz Beck

      Station Constable (uncredited)

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      Trude Breitschopf

      SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)

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      Friedrich Joloff

      Radio Announcer (uncredited)

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      Karl-Heinz Peters

      Air-raid Warden (uncredited)

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      Toni Treutler

      Canteen Keeper (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Mon Mar 14 2016
    Serial Killer - Nazis - Same Thing! Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam is directed by Robert Siodmak and written by Will Berthold (article) and Werner Jörg Lüddecke. It stars Claus Holm, Annemarie Düringer, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Carl Lange and Werner Peters. Music is by Siegfried Franz and cinematography by Georg Krause. A serial killer is terrorising Hamburg, Germany, during World War II. When the local police struggle to catch him, the Gestapo are brought in to crack the case. The basis for the story is that of real life serial killer Bruno Lüdke, here played by Adorf. Yet this is o...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • world war ii
    • serial killer
    • hamburg, germany
    • nazism
    • 1940s
    • based on magazine, newspaper or article