THE RESTLESS NIGHT (1958)

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The Restless Night
History, War, Drama
October 29, 1958
German
1h 36m
Germany
Real-Film
1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.
Cast & Characters
Ulla Jacobsson
Melanie
Bernhard Wicki
Priest Brunner
Hansjörg Felmy
Fedor Baranowski
Anneli Sauli
Ljuba
Erik Schumann
Hauptmann von Arnim
Werner Hinz
Oberleutnant Ernst
Peter Esser
Zahlmeister
Richard Münch
Kriegsgerichtsrat
Joseph Offenbach
Untersuchungsrichter
Crew
Falk Harnack
Director
Horst Budjuhn
Writer
Albrecht Goes
Novel
Hans-Martin Majewski
Original Music Composer
Friedl Behn-Grund
Director of Photography
Günther Stapenhorst
Producer