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| Claus Holm | ... | Kriminalkommissar Axel Kersten | |
| Annemarie Düringer | ... | Helga Hornung | |
| Mario Adorf | ... | Bruno Luedke | |
| Hannes Messemer | ... | SS-Gruppenfuehrer Rossdorf | |
| Carl Lange | ... | Major Thomas Wollenberg | |
| Werner Peters | ... | Willi Keun | |
| Walter Janssen | ... | Kriminalrat Boehm | |
| Peter Carsten | ... | Mollwitz | |
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Wilmut Borell | ... | SS-Sturmfuehrer Heinrich, Rossdorf's aide |
| Monika John | ... | Lucy Hansen, Kellnerin | |
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Rose Schäfer | ... | Anna Hohmann |
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Lukas Ammann | ... | Pflichtverteidiger von Keun |
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Karl-Heinz Peters | ... | Hauswart |
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Heinz Beck | ... | Revierwachtmeister |
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Christa Nielsen | ... | Schlampilein |
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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.
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MARIO ADORF...Watch him explode...as a shocked nation attempts to bury his hideous secret See more »Certificate:
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19 September 1957 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Official submission of West Germany for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 30th Academy Awards in 1958. See more »Connections
Referenced in Armer Bruno: Mario Adorf über 'Nachts wenn der Teufel kam' (2017) See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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While these old black and white scenes hold my interest by virtue of their age and the decent cinematography (1 star), the whole effect left me twisting and turning in my seat, wondering how to get through this nauseatingly boring film. The male lead has all the charisma of a used strip of blotting paper, as his efforts to bring justice limp from scene to interminable scene. The female lead was slightly better suited to the task, though the boring and interminable attentions of her (cousin?!) sapped the energy at every turn. Overall, the movie suffers greatly from a lack of pacing and the editor should have wielded his veto blade with a lot more vehemence. The actors, though competent, lacked, in every case, the native ability to grab one's attention. Even the murderer was an unflagging, one-dimensional bore. I can't think of a single device that helped move the plot along. Instead we are left with seemingly endless redundancy without a breath of air.