The Last Night (1949 film)
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| Directed by | Eugen York |
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| Cinematography | Willy Winterstein |
| Edited by | Alice Ludwig |
| Music by | Wolfgang Zeller |
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| 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.[1] It was made by the Hamburg-based company Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios. The film's sets were designed by Herbert Kirchhoff. The film is set in German-occupied France in 1944 where a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love. It was not a box office success on its release.
Cast[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Bock & Bergfelder p. 547
Bibliography[edit]
- Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.
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- 1949 films
- 1940s war drama films
- German war drama films
- 1940s German-language films
- West German films
- Films directed by Eugen York
- Films about the French Resistance
- Real Film films
- German black-and-white films
- 1949 drama films
- 1940s German films
- Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
- Films scored by Wolfgang Zeller
- 1940s German film stubs