Murderers Are Among Us

Starring: Hildegard Knef Director: Wolfgang Staudte

DVD Features:

Text Galleries:

• Stills/Photos - 1. Photo Gallery
• Liner Notes
• Biography - 1. Wolfgang Saudte

Interactive Features:

• Scene Access
• Interactive Menus

Product Description:

Following the conclusion of World War II a former concentration camp resident returns to Berlin to find her apartment occupied by a doctor. Refusing to give up her apartment, the woman moves in and develops a relationship with the man, who is obsessed with assassinating his former commanding officer. A classic film noir.

Plot Synopsis:

This landmark German film examines an entire nation's attempts at atonement for the atrocities carried out prior to and during the Second World War.
Amid the rubble of Berlin a young doctor lives a tortured existence. He suffers from hallucinations due to the time he spent in a death camp, witnessing the mass exterminations committed by the Nazi regime. When he meets his former captain, who ordered these killings, and who has now settled down to raise a family, the doctor plans to kill him.
But then he wonders if this is the morally correct choice, after all.

Plot Keywords:

Assassination | Drama | Film Noir | Romance | Suspense | Theatrical Release | World War II

Production Notes:

• This is the first German film produced after the Second World War, and it was made in the Russian zone of the country.
• The Kino Video VHS version is mastered from a crisp new 35mm print which preserves the film's stunning visual impact.
• Additional cast: Erna Sellner (Frau Bruckner); Arno Paulsen (Captain Bruckner); Robert Forsch (Herr Mondschein); and Albert Johann (Herr Timm).
• Additional credit: Eugen Klagemann (cinematographer).
• An Arikino release of a Defa production.

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