Fresh
While not fully successful, either as drama or ideology, film is marked by superb camera and montage technique recalling some of the firstrate German productions before the Nazi era.
Variety Staff, Variety
The Murderers Are Among Us
1946 · 1h 21m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Wolfgang Staudte
,
Hans Heinrich
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The Murderers Are Among Us
Overview
After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII.
Director and cast
- Wolfgang Staudte Director
- Hans Heinrich Director
- Hildegard Knef as Susanne Wallner
- Wilhelm Borchert as Dr. Mertens
- Erna Sellmer as Frau Brückner
- Arno Paulsen as Ferdinand Brückner
- Robert Forsch as Gustav Mondschein
- Michael Günther as Herbert
- Albert Johannes as Bartholomäus Timm
- Christian Blackwood Cast
- Ursula Krieg Cast
- Wolfgang Dohnberg Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A confused and rambling study of disillusionment in post-war Germany is presented in heavily stylized fashion.
Thomas M. Pryor, New York Times
Fresh
The film's visual symbolism can be heavy-handed, but many images are stunningly evocative, and the scene in which the doctor begins his own recovery by performing a tracheotomy on a dying girl is genuinely affecting.
Fred Camper, Chicago Reader
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