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 Holm
Police Commissioner Axel Kersten
Mario Adorf
Bruno Lüdke
Hannes Messemer
SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
Peter Carsten
SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
Carl Lange
Major Thomas Wollenberg
Werner Peters
Willi Keun
Annemarie Düringer
Helga Hornung
Monika John
Waitress Lucy Hansen
Rosel Schäfer
Anna Hohmann
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien
Walter Janssen
DS Boehm
Wilmut Borell
SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
Helmut Brasch
SS-Truppführer Scharf
Georg Lehn
Detective Bruehl
Lukas Ammann
Public Defender
Margaret Jahnen
Frau Weinberger
Käthe Itter
Doorman's Wife
Else Quecke
Frau Lehmann
Christa Nielsen
Blonde Prostitute
Alois Maria Giani
Unknown
Dietrich Thoms
Soldier
Heinz Beck
Station Constable (uncredited)
Trude Breitschopf
SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)
Friedrich Joloff
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Peters
Air-raid Warden (uncredited)
Toni Treutler
Canteen Keeper (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Siodmak
Director
Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Screenplay
Walter Boos
Editor, Assistant Director
Georg Krause
Director of Photography
Oskar Wintergerst
Assistant Director
Claus Hardt
Executive Producer
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Gottfried Will
Production Design
Claudia Hahne-Herberg
Costume Designer
Erwin Jennewein
Sound
Siegfried Franz
Original Music Composer
Werner Fischer
Production Director
Gustl Lautenbacher
Production Manager
Will Berthold
Original Story
