Mörder sind unter uns, Die

Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Romance, War
Release Year: 1946
Country: Germany
Runtime: 85
Rating: 6.8 (0)
Languages: German
Director: Wolfgang Staudte
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

A Great Western Star in a WHIRLWIND of ACTION! (1947 poster)

He Wrote The Code Of Justice With A Blazing Six-Gun! (1939 poster)

Writing by: Fritz Staudte - writer
Wolfgang Staudte - writer

Produced by: Herbert Uhlich - producer

Cast: Ernst Wilhelm Borchert - Dr. Hans Mertens (as W. Borchert)
Hildegard Knef - Susanne Wallner
Arno Paulsen - Ferdinand Brueckner
Elly Burgmer - Mutter des kranken Kindes
Erna Sellmer - Elise Brueckner
Hilde Adolphi - Daisy
Marlise Ludwig - Sonja
Ursula Krieg - Carola Schulz
Robert Forsch - Herr Mondschein
Albert Johannes - Bartolomaeus Timm
Wolfgang Dohnberg - Fritz Knochenhauer

Music: Ernst Roters
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Plot Outline: Susanne Wallner returns to the ruins of Berlin from a Concentration Camp after WW2 to discover that someone else lives in her apartment: Dr...
Plot: Susanne Wallner returns to the ruins of Berlin from a Concentration Camp after WW2 to discover that someone else lives in her apartment: Dr. Hans Mertens, the war made him depressive and he drinks a lot of alcohol. Susanne asks him to go but he doesnt want to, so they share Susannes apartment and even discover their sympathy and then their love for each other. That encourages him a little, of course. But then he hears that Ferdinand Br?ckner is still alive and also lives in Berlin. Br?ckner was his Captain during WW2, he gave the order to kill more than 100 innocent people, many children and women among them, on Christmas 1942 in Poland.

Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Prior to the opening credits there is a disclaimer, the unusual portion of which reads: "This movie is for entertainment purposes. Academy Entertainment, Inc. does not advocate or endorse any of the activities or the ideas contained herein. This movie is not intended as an accurate portrayal of true witches."

Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Errors in geography: Although the movie is set in Germany, palm trees can be seen during the exterior shots and the geography and exterior architecture denotes the landscape that of southern Europe.

Trivia: There are 5 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• It was the first German movie after World War II
• The world premiere took place just one day before the first sentences in the Nuremberg Trails were carried out, and ten war criminals were hanged.
• Shortly before the premiere, it was decided that leading actor Ernst Wilhelm Borchert was not to be mentioned on posters and in the credits, since he had forged his forms of denazification. He had omitted that he had been a member of the NSDAP since 1933, but it later turned out his connection to the party was without further consequences.

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