---
title: 'Nights on the Road (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rudolf Jugert'
released: '1952-01-14'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nights-on-the-road-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043835/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nights on the Road (1952)

1952 · 111 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Nachts auf den Straßen

## Synopsis

Nights on the Road is a 1952 West German crime drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim. It was produced by the veteran Erich Pommer who had returned to Germany after years of exile. It is one of the more prominent German film noirs. It was acclaimed by German critics on its release and was awarded a prize at the Berlin Film Festival. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Frankfurt and various autobahns. The film's sets were designed by Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber. The production budget was around 900,000 deutschmarks.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rudolf Jugert](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-jugert)
- **Screenplay:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner), [Fritz Rotter](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-rotter)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Werner Eisbrenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-eisbrenner)
- **Producer:** [Erich Pommer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-pommer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Václav Vích](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-vich), [Theo Nischwitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/theo-nischwitz)
- **Editor:** [Fritz Stapenhorst](https://cinepixo.com/people/fritz-stapenhorst)

## Cast

- [Lucie Mannheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucie-mannheim)
- [Hans Albers](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-albers)
- [Johanna König](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-konig)
- [Hans Elwenspoek](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-elwenspoek)
- [Hans Reiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-reiser)
- [Hans Pössenbacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-possenbacher)
- [Heinrich Gretler](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinrich-gretler)
- [Peter Martin Urtel](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-martin-urtel)
- [Wolf Ackva](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolf-ackva)
- [Hans Zesch-Ballot](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zesch-ballot)
- [Margot Hielscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/margot-hielscher)
- [Marius Goring](https://cinepixo.com/people/marius-goring)
- [Hildegard Knef](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegard-knef)
- [Karin Andersen](https://cinepixo.com/people/karin-andersen)
- [Gertrud Wolle](https://cinepixo.com/people/gertrud-wolle)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/nights-on-the-road-1952
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