Night of Decision (German: Nacht der Entscheidung) is a 1956 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Carl Raddatz, Hilde Krahl and Albert Lieven.[1]

Night of Decision
Directed by	Falk Harnack
Written by	Charles Cordier Werner Jörg Lüddecke
Produced by	Hans Abich Rolf Thiele
Starring	Carl Raddatz Hilde Krahl Albert Lieven
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Kurt Zeunert
Music by	Hans-Martin Majewski
Production company	Filmaufbau
Distributed by	Schorcht Filmverleih
Release date	19 January 1956
Running time	102 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

It was shot in studios in Göttingen and on location in Belgium. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Walter Haag.

Synopsis

After ten years as a prisoner in Siberia, a Belgian industrialist returns home to find that he has been declared dead and his wife has remarried.

Cast

• Carl Raddatz as René Dobersin
• Hilde Krahl as Claire Vernon
• Albert Lieven as Albert Vernon
• Ernst Schröder as Jacques Ardent
• Gisela Tantau as Monique Dobersin
• Harry Meyen as Philip Ardent
• Alfred Schieske as André
• Joseph Offenbach as Smozik
• Hans Hessling as Jules
• Fritz Rémond Jr. as Professor Mareau
• Maria Sebaldt as Penny
• Paul Günther as Matthieu
• Gerd E. Schäfer as Piet van Hoek
• Karl Meixner as Francois
• Rudolf Kalvius as Dr. Fabre
• Alwin Woesthoff as gardener
• Arthur Mentz as head-workman
• Jenny Lattermann as girl
• Benno Hoffmann as guarding soldier

References

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• Night of Decision at IMDb

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