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Nachts, Wenn der Teufel Kam (Nights, When the Devil Came) (The Devil Strikes at Night) (1958)

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Writer/director Robert Siodmak based his German-filmed The Devil Strikes at Night on an actual case. Set during the last months of the Hitler regime, the film concerns a series of rapes and stranglings of young women. Gestapo officer Rossdorf (Hannes Messemer) and non-party member Axel Kersten (Claus Holm) investigate the trail of evidence. They discover that the criminal is Bruno Leudke, a mental defective (played by Mario Adorf). An open-and-shut case...except for the fact that Adorf is a

Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Robert Siodmak

Written By: Will Berthold, Werner J�rg L�ddecke

In Theaters: Sep 19, 1957 Wide

Cast

Mario Adorf
Bruno Ludke
Claus Holm
Axel Kersten
Hannes Messemer
Rossdorf
Werner Peters
Willi Keun
Carl Lange
Maj. Wollenberg
Peter Carsten
Mollwitz
Monika John
Lucy Hanson
Annemarie D�ringer
Helga Hornung
Margaret Jahnen
Frau Weinberger
Walter Janssen
Kriminalrat Dr. Boehm
Ernst F. Furbringer
Dr. Schleffien
Helmut Brasch
SS-Truppenfuehrer Schar...
Kaethe Itter
Portiersfrau
Georg Lehn
Kriminalassistent Brueh...

Critic Reviews for Nachts, Wenn der Teufel Kam (Nights, When the Devil Came) (The Devil Strikes at Night)

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It crouches but -- alas -- never springs.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Howard Thompson

New York Times

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This fascinating 1957 film, based on a true story, concerns the hunt for a serial killer by the Nazi regime.

January 10, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Fred Camper

Chicago Reader

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Fascinating study of criminal justice in the crumbling Nazi empire of 1944.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

If Siodmak was less a determinist than Lang, he was also less icy -- he views the fall-guy ordeal of piggy, pathetically lecherous officer Werner Peters with characteristic sympathy.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

Werner Peters enjoyably essays another of his sweaty losers and the depiction of Bruno as a squalid dimwit makes a change from the Hannibal Lecter fantasy of the suave serial-killing mastermind.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

A chilling wartime murder mystery.

July 28, 2003 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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