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The Devil Strikes at Night

Original title: Nachts wenn der Teufel kam
  • 19571957
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
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The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Thriller
A serial killer strikes again during WWII in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer. But justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.A serial killer strikes again during WWII in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer. But justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.A serial killer strikes again during WWII in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer. But justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Robert Siodmak
  • Writers
    • Will Berthold(article)
    • Werner Jörg Lüddecke
  • Stars
    • Claus Holm
    • Mario Adorf
    • Hannes Messemer
Top credits
  • Director
    • Robert Siodmak
  • Writers
    • Will Berthold(article)
    • Werner Jörg Lüddecke
  • Stars
    • Claus Holm
    • Mario Adorf
    • Hannes Messemer
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 13 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Trude Breitschopf and Werner Peters in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Werner Peters in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Werner Peters in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Werner Peters in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Monika John in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Mario Adorf in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
    Monika John and Werner Peters in The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)

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    Claus Holm
    Claus Holm
    • Kommissar Axel Kerstenas Kommissar Axel Kersten
    Mario Adorf
    Mario Adorf
    • Bruno Lüdkeas Bruno Lüdke
    Hannes Messemer
    Hannes Messemer
    • SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorfas SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
    Peter Carsten
    Peter Carsten
    • SS-Standartenführer Mollwitzas SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
    Carl Lange
    Carl Lange
    • Major Thomas Wollenbergas Major Thomas Wollenberg
    • (as Karl Lange)
    Werner Peters
    Werner Peters
    • Willi Keunas Willi Keun
    Annemarie Düringer
    Annemarie Düringer
    • Helga Hornungas Helga Hornung
    Monika John
    Monika John
    • Lucy Hansenas Lucy Hansen
    Rose Schäfer
    • Anna Hohmannas Anna Hohmann
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
    Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
    • Dr. Schleffienas Dr. Schleffien
    • (as E.F. Fürbringer)
    Walter Janssen
    Walter Janssen
    • Kriminalrat Böhmas Kriminalrat Böhm
    Wilmut Borell
    • SS-Obersturmführer Heinrichas SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
    Helmut Brasch
    • SS-Truppenführer Scharfas SS-Truppenführer Scharf
    Georg Lehn
    • Kriminalassistent Brühlas Kriminalassistent Brühl
    Lukas Ammann
    Lukas Ammann
    • Pflichtverteidigeras Pflichtverteidiger
    Margaret Jahnen
    Margaret Jahnen
    • Frau Weinbergeras Frau Weinberger
    Käthe Itter
    • Portiersfrauas Portiersfrau
    Else Quecke
    • Frau Lehmannas Frau Lehmann
    • Director
      • Robert Siodmak
    • Writers
      • Will Berthold(article)
      • Werner Jörg Lüddecke
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Official submission of West Germany for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 30th Academy Awards in 1958.
    • Connections
      Featured in Die Erfindung eines Mörders: Der Fall Bruno Lüdke (2021)

    User reviews13

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    Top review
    8/10
    Geheime Reichssache
    Yo, Super Mario. Though while later Eurocrime "cult" actor Mario Adorf does quite a convincing job as the retarded serial killer in Robert Siodmak's Nazi noir The Devil Strikes at Night, ex-boxing-champion Claus Holm – imagine a German Van Heflin – as the crippled police Kommissar and Hannes Messemer as his SS-Obergruppenfuehrer opponent easily steal the show from him: Their confrontations, chock-full of icy dialogue, constitute the epicentre of this sardonic high tensioner that doesn't lose its momentum for a single second, due to Siodmak's remarkably concentrated direction, aided by the unobtrusive, but perfectly effective camera work by unjustly forgotten cinematographer Georg Krause (who did Kubrick's Paths of Glory – !! – a year before), competent editing by Walter Boos (who went on to do some Schulmaedchen-Reports in the 70s), and excellent supporting performances by Werner Peters and the strikingly beautiful Annemarie Dueringer. "Belief? Where did you dig up that word?", Messemer's slick SS herrenmensch asks the crushed Kommissar. Once, they even had great screenwriters in Germany, among them Werner Joerg Lueddecke, who sets the fast-paced, bitter, cynical and sometimes darkly humorous tone of the movie. When the Kommissar is sent to war in the end – the year is 1944 –, he reassures his trembling girlfriend: "It won't take much longer. Soon, you can reach the front line by city train."
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    • Oct 29, 2016

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 19, 1957 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Nocu, kad je djavo dosao
    • Filming locations
      • Berlin, Germany
    • Production company
      • Divina-Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White

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