

The Devil Strikes at Night(1957)
Overview
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.
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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
Helmut Brasch
SS-Truppführer Scharf

Georg Lehn
Detective Bruehl

Lukas Ammann
Public Defender
Margaret Jahnen
Frau Weinberger
Käthe Itter
Doorman's Wife

Else Quecke
Frau Lehmann
Christa Nielsen
Blonde Prostitute
Alois Maria Giani
Dietrich Thoms
Soldier
Heinz Beck
Station Constable (uncredited)
Trude Breitschopf
SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)

Friedrich Joloff
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Peters
Air-raid Warden (uncredited)
Toni Treutler
Canteen Keeper (uncredited)
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