| The Last Night | |
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| Directed by | Eugen York |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
| Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
| Production company | Real Film |
| Distributed by | Herzog-Filmverleih |
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| Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
The Last Night (German: Die letzte Nacht) is a 1949 German drama film directed by Eugen York and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl John, Margarete Haagen. It was made by the Hamburg-based company Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios. The film's sets were designed by Herbert Kirchhoff. It was not a box office success on its release.
Synopsis
In German-occupied France in 1944, a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love.
Cast
- Sybille Schmitz as Renée Meurier
- Karl John as Harald Buchner, Oberleutnant
- Margarete Haagen as Lisa Plessow
- Catja Görna as Marina Eilers, Sängerin
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as André Meurier, Renées Bruder
- Peter Mosbacher as Major Brink, I.A.
- Hermann Schomberg as General Riedel, Divisionsgeneral
- Joseph Offenbach as Hauptmann Klapproth, NSFO-Offizier
- Josef Sieber as Hauptfeldwebel Mahnke
- Hans Richter as Willem, Ordonnanz
- Franz Schafheitlin as Kriegsgerichtsrat Börner
- Peter Schütte as Hauptmann Venor, Sonderführer und Dolmetscher
- Josef Dahmen as Rostard, Kellner
- Ludwig Röger as Maurice
- Horst von Otto as Stabsintendant Wegler
- Willi Schweisguth as Violle, Gärtner im Schloß Ampière
- Erwin Geschonneck as Oskar, Fahrer
- Wolgang Heßler as Major Olbrecht, Nachrichtenoffizier
- Hans Harlow as Dr. Dörfel, Oberfeldarzt
- Ruth Peter
- Margar Massberg
- Sylvia Fitzen
- Maria Schell
- Ingrid Preusser
- Bruno Klockmann
- Ekkehard von Eckhardt
- Adalbert Kriwat
References
- Bock & Bergfelder p. 547
Bibliography
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
External links
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- 1949 films
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- West German films
- Films directed by Eugen York
- Films about the French Resistance
- Real Film films
- German black-and-white films
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