It crouches but -- alas -- never springs.
The Devil Strikes at Night
1957 · 1h 40m
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
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.
Director and cast
- Robert Siodmak Director
- Claus Holm as Kommissar Axel Kersten
- Mario Adorf as Bruno Lüdke
- Hannes Messemer as SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
- Peter Carsten as SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
- Carl Lange as Major Thomas Wollenberg
- Werner Peters as Willi Keun
- Annemarie Düringer as Helga Hornung
- Walter Janssen as Kriminalrat Boehm
- Monika John Cast
- Rosel Schäfer Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
This fascinating 1957 film, based on a true story, concerns the hunt for a serial killer by the Nazi regime.
Werner Peters enjoyably essays another of his sweaty losers and the depiction of Bruno as a squalid dimwit makes a change from the Hannibal Lecter fantasy of the suave serial-killing mastermind.
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