The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Sept. 19, 1957

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.

The Devil Strikes at Night

100 mins | Drama, Thriller, History | Sept. 19, 1957

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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Divina-Film GmbH & Co. KG (München)
Original title Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam
Directors Oskar Wintergerst, Walter Boos, Robert Siodmak
Writers Werner Jörg Lüddecke, Will Berthold

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

Rose 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

Dieter 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)