The Devil Strikes at Night1957
Directed by Robert Siodmak
🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 12 wins & 2 nominations total
The premise
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.
Horror Vault's take
Set against the smoke and shadow of wartime Hamburg, this 1957 West German thriller draws from real events to follow investigators closing in on a brutal serial killer stalking the city in 1944. As the body count rises and the case demands answers, the pursuit takes a chilling turn when forces far more powerful — and arguably far more sinister — than any lone murderer take an interest in the outcome. The film probes an unsettling question: in a state built on terror, who truly has the authority to define evil? Directed with stark, noir-inflected precision, it remains a haunting study in institutional darkness.
Content: Violence, Depictions Of Murder, Nazi Ideology And Imagery, Disturbing Themes
Cast
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
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