Night of Decision

Night of Decision
Night of Decision
Directed by	Falk Harnack
Written by	Charles Cordier; Werner Jörg Lüddecke;
Produced by	Hans Abich; Rolf Thiele;
Starring	Carl Raddatz; Hilde Krahl; Albert Lieven;
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Kurt Zeunert
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production; company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	19 January 1956;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Night of Decision (German: Nacht der Entscheidung) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Carl Raddatz, Hilde Krahl and Albert Lieven.^[1] It was shot at Göttingen Studios and on location in Belgium. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag.

Synopsis

After ten years as a prisoner of war in Siberia, a Belgian industrialist returns home to find that he has been declared dead and his wife has remarried.

Cast

Carl Raddatz as René Dobersin
Hilde Krahl as Claire Vernon
Albert Lieven as Albert Vernon
Ernst Schröder as Jacques Ardent
Gisela Tantau as Monique Dobersin
Harry Meyen as Philip Ardent
Alfred Schieske as André
Joseph Offenbach as Smozik
Hans Hessling as Jules
Fritz Rémond Jr. as Professor Mareau
Maria Sebaldt as Penny
Paul Günther as Matthieu
Gerd E. Schäfer as Piet van Hoek
Karl Meixner as Francois
Rudolf Kalvius as Dr. Fabre
Alwin Woesthoff as gardener
Arthur Mentz as head-workman
Jenny Lattermann as girl
Benno Hoffmann as guarding soldier

References

^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 383

Bibliography

Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

Night of Decision at IMDb

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[1] Bock & Bergfelder p. 383

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