The Devil Strikes at Night

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.

Drama Thriller Crime

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)

Helmut Brasch

(SS-Truppführer Scharf)

Georg Lehn

(Detective Bruehl)

Lukas Ammann

(Public Defender)

Margaret Jahnen

(Frau Weinberger)

Käthe Itter

(Doorman's Wife)

Else Quecke

(Frau Lehmann)

Christa Nielsen

(Blonde Prostitute)

Alois Maria Giani

Dietrich Thoms

(Soldier)

Heinz Beck

(Station Constable (uncredited))

Trude Breitschopf

(SS-Scharführerin (uncredited))

Friedrich Joloff

(Radio Announcer (uncredited))

Karl-Heinz Peters

(Air-raid Warden (uncredited))

Toni Treutler

(Canteen Keeper (uncredited))