The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1957
The Devil Strikes at Night
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Claus HolmPolice Commissioner Axel Kersten
Mario AdorfBruno Lüdke
Hannes MessemerSS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
Peter CarstenSS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
Carl LangeMajor Thomas Wollenberg
Werner PetersWilli Keun
Annemarie DüringerHelga Hornung
Monika JohnWaitress Lucy Hansen
Rosel SchäferAnna Hohmann
Ernst Fritz FürbringerPresiding Judge Dr. Schleffien
Walter JanssenDS Boehm
Wilmut BorellSS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
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Helmut BraschSS-Truppführer Scharf
Georg LehnDetective Bruehl
Lukas AmmannPublic Defender
Margaret JahnenFrau Weinberger
Käthe ItterDoorman's Wife
Else QueckeFrau Lehmann
Christa NielsenBlonde Prostitute
Alois Maria Giani
Dietrich ThomsSoldier
Heinz BeckStation Constable (uncredited)
Trude BreitschopfSS-Scharführerin (uncredited)
Friedrich JoloffRadio Announcer (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz PetersAir-raid Warden (uncredited)
Toni TreutlerCanteen Keeper (uncredited)
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