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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- Post-war Societies & Gender
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