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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert SiodmakDirector
- Siegfried FranzOriginal Music Composer
- Werner Jörg LüddeckeScreenplay
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