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Die mörder sind unter uns = The murderers are among us

Title

Die mörder sind unter uns = The murderers are among us / DEFA Deutsche Film A.-G. zeigt im verleih der Sovexportfilm Berlin ; den Wolfgang Staudte Film ; Buch und Regie, Wolfgang Staudte.

Variant title

German title (variant spelling) on the back of the container: Moerder sind unter uns

Parallel title

Murderers are among us

Format

DVD, Videodisc

Published/Produced

[United States] : Icestorm International ; [New York] : First Run Features, ©1999.

Description

1 videodisc (81 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Cast

Hildegard Knef, Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, Erna Sellmer, Arno Paulsen, Robert Forsch, Marlise Ludwig, Hilde Adolphi, Albert Johannes, Ursula Krieg, Wolfgang Dohnberg, Elly Burgmer, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur.

Credits

Camera, Friedl Behn-Grund and Eugen Klagemann ; editing, Hans Heinrich ; music, Ernst Roters.

System details

DVD.

Language

German dialogue with English subtitles.

Summary

"In 1945, after three years in a concentration camp, the artist Susanne Wallner returns to a Berlin in ruins. Despite her unspeakable experiences, she is filled with a renewed desire for life. When she goes back to her old apartment, she learns Dr. Hans Mertens has taken up residence there. He is a physician and a former officer and surgeon in the German army, who is haunted by the memory of the murder of 121 Polish civilians that he did not stop. Under Susanne's care, the broken man gathers new strength and courage. Then, by chance, Mertens meets his former captain and decides to take the law into his own hands."--Container.

Notes

Originally produced as an East German motion picture in 1946, shot in the rubble of Berlin just a year after World War II. This was the first film made in Germany after the war and has since become a classic among antifascist films. Extras: Director's biography; Notes, by film historian Ralf Schenk; director filmography; liner notes; photo gallery.

Subject headings

Ex-concentration camp inmates--Germany--Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Veterans--Germany--Drama. Ex-Nazis--Germany--Drama. World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Psychological aspects--Drama. Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Germany--Berlin--Drama. Man-woman relationships--Germany--Drama. Berlin (Germany)--History--1945-1990--Social conditions--Drama. Germany--History--1945-1955--Drama.

Genre heading

Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other contributors

Staudte, Wolfgang, 1906-1984, screenwriter, film director. Behn-Grund, Friedl, director of photography. Klagemann, Eugen, director of photography. Roters, Ernst, 1892-1961. Knef, Hildegard, 1925-2002, actor. Borchert, Ernst Wilhelm, 1907-1990, actor. Sellmer, Erna, 1905-1983, actor. Paulsen, Arno, 1900-1969, actor. Forsch, Robert, 1871-1948, actor. Ludwig, Marlise, 1886-1982, actor. Adolphi, Hilde, actor. Johannes, A. (Albert), actor. Krieg, Ursula, 1900-1984, actor. Dohnberg, Wolfgang, 1898-1959, actor. Burgmer, Elly, 1891-1975, actor. Stahl-Nachbaur, Ernst, 1886-1960, actor. DEFA, production company. Sovėksportfilʹm (Firm), film distributor. Progress Film-Verleih, film distributor. Icestorm International, Inc. First-Run Features (Firm)

Standard Identifier

679126904525