THE DEVIL STRIKES AT NIGHT d: Robert Siodmak
Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam / The Devil Strikes at Night (1957)
Direction: Robert Siodmak
Screenplay: Werner Jörg Lüddecke, from an article by Will Berthold
Cast: Claus Holm, Annemarie Düringer, Mario Adorf, Hannes Messemer, Carl Lange, Werner Peters
After more than a decade in Hollywood, German-born director Robert Siodmak (nominated for an Academy Award for The Killers in 1946) resumed his European career in the mid-1950s. In 1957, he directed Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam / The Devil Strikes at Night, an intriguing, well-crafted crime drama about the pursuit of a serial killer — and its political consequences — during the last months of the mass-murderous Nazi regime.
Inspired by real events, The Devil Strikes at Night begins as war-scarred Hamburg is deeply shaken by [...]
