West Germany, 1957
105m
35mm film, black and white, 1.66:1
mono (Klangfilm Eurocord), German
A West German borderline horror film directed by Robert Siodmak.
Plot Summary
A town is stalked by a serial killer during World War II.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Robert Siodmak
© [not given on screen]
A Robert Siodmark production by Divina
Executive Producer: Claus Hardt
Written by: Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Based on the article of the same name in Müncher Illustrierten by Will Berthold
Director of Photography: Georg Krause
Editor: Walter Boos
Music: Sigfried Franz
Sound: Erwin Jenewein
Costume Designer: Claudia Herberg
Art Directors: Rolf Zehetbauer, Gottfried Will
Filmed at Divina-Filmstudio Baldham
Cast
Claus Holm [Kriminalkommissar Axel Kersten]
Mario Adorf [Bruno Lüdke]
Hannes Messemer [SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf]
Peter Carsten [SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz]
Karl Lange [Major Thomas Wollenberg]
Werner Peters [Willi Keun]
Annemarie Düringer [Helga Hornung]
Monika John [Lucy Hansen]
Rose Schäfer [Anna Hohmann]
E.F. Fürbringer [Dr Schleffien]
Walter Janssen [Kriminalrat Boehm]
Wilmut Borell [SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich]
Helmut Brasch [SS-Truppenführer Scharf]
Georg Lehn [Kriminalassistent Bruehl]
Lukas Amann [public defender]
Margaret Jahnen [Frau Weinberger]
Käthe Itter [concierge]
Else Quecke [Frau Lehmann]
Christa Nielsen [Schlampilein]
Alois Maria Giani [jailer]
Alternative Titles
De noche, cuando vino el diablo – Argentina
The Devil Strikes at Night – USA
El diablo ataca de noche – Spain
O Diabo Ataca à Noite – Brazil
Djævelen kom om natten – Denmark
Djävulen kom om natten – Finland (Swedish), Sweden
Djevelen kom om natten – Norway
O dolofonos htypa tin nyhta – Greece
Nights, When the Devil Came – English language title
Nocu, kad je djavo dosao – Yugoslavian (Serbian)
Nocą, kiedy przychodzi diabeł – Poland
A Noite Quando Vem o Diabo – Brazil (re-release)
La nuit quand le diable venait – France
Ordine segreto del III reich – Italy
Piru tuli yöllä – Finland
Les SS frappent la nuit – France
Ночь, когда приходил дьявол – Russia
References
Periodicals
- Cinema Nuovo vol.11 no.123 (January 1958) p.6 – credits, review
- Cinema Nuovo vol.11 no.135 (1958) p.166 – credits, review
- La Cinématographie Française no.1811 (21 March 1959) p.14 – credits, review
- Le Film Francais no.769 (20 February 1959) p.24 – credits, review
- Filmblätter no.39 (27 September 1957) p.1142 – credits, review
- Filmkritik no.10 (October 1957) p.155 – credits, review
- German Films no.2 (2005) p.72 – credits, note
- Motion Picture Herald vol.215 no.5 (2 May 1959) p.245 – credits, review
- Variety 5 March 1958 – credits, review
