Murderers Among Us

Title	Murderers Among Us
Publication Type	Film
Year of Publication	1946
Authors	Staudte, Wolfgang
Running Time	85 minutes
Date Released	1946
Distributor	Unidoc
Country	Germany
Publication Language	german
Abstract	One of the first German films produced after World War II, emblematic of the Trümmerfilm style that highlighted the ruins of postwar Germany, Murderers Among Us examines how ordinary citizens recover from war traumas. Susanne Wallner, a Holocaust survivor, arrives home to discover Dr. Hans Mertens, a military doctor who can no longer bear to attend to human suffering, living there. Mertens becomes agitated with the arrival of his former captain Ferdinand Brückner, who killed over 100 Polish citizens on Christmas Eve. Mertens decides to kill Brückner, but Wallner convinces him to submit him to the authorities for war crimes.
Cast	Ernst Wilhelm Borchert Hildegard Knef Arno Paulsen Erna Sellmer
Credits	Produced by Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft Directed by Wolfgang Staudte Written by Wolfgang Staudte Cinematography by Friedl Behn-Grund and Eugen Klagemann Edited by Hans Heinrich Music by Ernst Roters
Genre	Drama, Romance, Thriller
Alternate Title	The Murderers are Among Us
Translated Title	Assassins sont parmi nous
Original Publication	Die Mörder sind unter uns
Full Text	A cultural product of de-nazification in Soviet-controlled East Germany, which promoted seeking justice and using war tribunals rather than vengance to address war crimes.

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1940s - 1990

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Germany

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Second World War (1939-45)

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806962796

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