The Devil Strikes at Night

"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."

Cast

Claus Holm

as Police Commissioner 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

Monika John

as Waitress Lucy Hansen

Rosel Schäfer

as Anna Hohmann

Ernst Fritz Fürbringer

as Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien

Walter Janssen

as DS Boehm

Wilmut Borell

as SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich

Helmut Brasch

as SS-Truppführer Scharf

Georg Lehn

as Detective Bruehl

Lukas Ammann

as Public Defender

Margaret Jahnen

as Frau Weinberger

Käthe Itter

as Doorman's Wife

Else Quecke

as Frau Lehmann

Christa Nielsen

as Blonde Prostitute

Alois Maria Giani

Dietrich Thoms

as Soldier

Heinz Beck

as Station Constable (uncredited)

Trude Breitschopf

as SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)

Friedrich Joloff

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Karl-Heinz Peters

as Air-raid Warden (uncredited)

Toni Treutler

as Canteen Keeper (uncredited)

Crew

Robert Siodmak

Director

Walter Boos

Editor

Georg Krause

Director of Photography

Siegfried Franz

Original Music Composer

Werner Jörg Lüddecke

Screenplay

Will Berthold

Original Story

Rolf Zehetbauer

Production Design

Gottfried Will

Production Design

Erwin Jennewein

Sound

Walter Boos

Assistant Director

Oskar Wintergerst

Assistant Director

Gustl Lautenbacher

Production Manager

Claudia Hahne-Herberg

Costume Designer

Werner Fischer

Production Director

Claus Hardt

Executive Producer