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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
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014
1946

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 81 min.) : sound, black and white
Summary In 1945, after three years in a concentration camp, the artist Susanne Wallner (Hildegard Knef) returns to a Berlin in ruins. Shot in the rubble of Berlin just a year after WWII, The Murderers Are among Us was the first film made in Germany after the war and has since become a classic antifascist and rubble film. Its film noir style successfully blends German expressionism with striking neorealism. Despite Susanne's unspeakable experiences, she is filled with a renewed desire for life. When she goes back to her old apartment, she learns Dr. Hans Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert) has taken up residence there. He is a physician and a former officer in the German army, who is haunted by the memory of the execution of 121 Polish civilians, which he did nothing to prevent. 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
Notes Title from title frames
Credits Camera, Friedl Behn-Grund and Eugen Klagemann ; editing, Hans Heinrich ; music, Ernst Roters
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
Event Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1946
Notes German dialogue
Closed-captioned in English or German
Subject Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Germany -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Germany -- Drama
Ex-Nazis -- Germany -- Drama
Veterans -- Germany -- Drama
Man-woman relationships -- Germany -- Drama
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Psychological aspects -- Drama
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany -- Berlin -- Drama
Social conditions
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Psychological aspects
Man-woman relationships
Ex-Nazi concentration camp inmates
Ex-Nazis
Veterans
SUBJECT Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 -- Drama
Berlin (Germany) -- Social conditions -- Drama
Subject Germany -- Berlin
Germany
Genre/Form Video recordings for the hearing impaired
History
Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Internet videos
Rubble films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Internet videos.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films des décombres.
Films de fiction.
Vidéos sur Internet.
Form Streaming video
Author Staudte, Wolfgang, 1906-1984, screenwriter, film director.
Behn-Grund, Friedl, director of photography.
Klagemann, Eugen, director of photography.
Roters, Ernst, 1892-1961, composer (expression)
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.
Other Titles Murderers are among us