The Devil Strikes at Night
DramaThrillerCrimeworld war iiserial killerhamburg, germanynazism1940sbased on magazine, newspaper or article
A grim 1940s crime thriller that uses a serial killer investigation to explore the moral corruption of Nazi Germany, where the hunters become as monstrous as the hunted.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Claus Holm
Police Commissioner Axel Kersten
Mario Adorf
Bruno Lüdke
Hannes Messemer
SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
Peter Carsten
SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
Carl Lange
Major Thomas Wollenberg
Werner Peters
Willi Keun
Annemarie Düringer
Helga Hornung
Monika John
Waitress Lucy Hansen
Rosel Schäfer
Anna Hohmann
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien
Walter Janssen
DS Boehm
Wilmut Borell
SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
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