Night of Decision
Appearance
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Directed by | Falk Harnack |
Written by | Charles Cordier Werner Jörg Lüddecke |
Produced by | Hans Abich Rolf Thiele |
Starring | Carl Raddatz Hilde Krahl Albert Lieven |
Cinematography | Friedl Behn-Grund |
Edited by | Kurt Zeunert |
Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Production company | Filmaufbau |
Distributed by | Schorcht Filmverleih |
Release date | 19 January 1956 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Night of Decision (German: Nacht der Entscheidung) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Carl Raddatz, Hilde Krahl and Albert Lieven.[1]
It was shot in studios in Göttingen and on location in Belgium. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag.
Synopsis
After ten years as a prisoner in Siberia, a Belgian industrialist returns home to find that he has been declared dead and his wife has remarried.
Cast
- Carl Raddatz as René Dobersin
- Hilde Krahl as Claire Vernon
- Albert Lieven as Albert Vernon
- Ernst Schröder as Jacques Ardent
- Gisela Tantau as Monique Dobersin
- Harry Meyen as Philip Ardent
- Alfred Schieske as André
- Joseph Offenbach as Smozik
- Hans Hessling as Jules
- Fritz Rémond Jr. as Professor Mareau
- Maria Sebaldt as Penny
- Paul Günther as Matthieu
- Gerd E. Schäfer as Piet van Hoek
- Karl Meixner as Francois
- Rudolf Kalvius as Dr. Fabre
- Alwin Woesthoff as gardener
- Arthur Mentz as head-workman
- Jenny Lattermann as girl
- Benno Hoffmann as guarding soldier
References
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p.383
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.