---
title: 'The Devil Came at Night (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Siodmak'
released: '1957-09-19'
runtime_minutes: 101
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-devil-came-at-night-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050746/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Devil Came at Night (1957)

1957 · 101 min · Drama, Crime · Germany

Original title: Nachts, wenn der Teufel kam

## Synopsis

The Devil Strikes at Night is a 1957 West German crime thriller film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Claus Holm, Mario Adorf and Hannes Messemer. The film noir is based on the true story of Bruno Lüdke. It was shot at the Baldham Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Gottfried Will and Rolf Zehetbauer. Location shooting took place in Berlin and Munich.
It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, as well as winning German Film Award for Best Fiction Film in its native country.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Siodmak](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-siodmak)
- **Producer:** [Robert Siodmak](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-siodmak)
- **Screenplay:** [Werner Jörg Lüddecke](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-jorg-luddecke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Siegfried Franz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-franz)
- **Director of Photography:** [Georg Krause](https://cinepixo.com/people/georg-krause)
- **Editor:** [Walter Boos](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-boos)

## Cast

- [Dietrich Thoms](https://cinepixo.com/people/dietrich-thoms)
- [Lukas Ammann](https://cinepixo.com/people/lukas-ammann)
- [Christiane Nielsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/christiane-nielsen)
- [Ernst Fritz Fürbringer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernst-fritz-furbringer)
- [Claus Holm](https://cinepixo.com/people/claus-holm)
- [Peter Carsten](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-carsten)
- [Wilmut Borell](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilmut-borell)
- [Carl Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-lange)
- [Karl-Heinz Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-peters)
- [Else Quecke](https://cinepixo.com/people/else-quecke)
- [Trude Breitschopf](https://cinepixo.com/people/trude-breitschopf)
- [Alois Maria Giani](https://cinepixo.com/people/alois-maria-giani)
- [Werner Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-peters)
- [Mario Adorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-adorf)
- [Monika John](https://cinepixo.com/people/monika-john)

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