KINOFEST – Murderers Among Us

This event took place on Nov 19, 2017

$12 General Admission
$8 Student/Senior
$8 Member

Wolfgang Staudte
Germany
1946
1h 31m

About

In 1945, the artist Susanne Wallner (Hildegarde Knef) returns to Berlin after spending three years in a concentration camp. Yet amid the ruins, she is filled with a renewed energy for life. When she arrives at her old apartment, she finds that Dr. Hans Mertens (Ernst Wilhelm Borchert) has taken up residence there. A physician and former German officer, Mertens is haunted by the wartime execution of Polish civilians, which he did nothing to prevent. Under Susanne’s care, the broken man gathers new strength. Then, by chance, Mertens meets his former captain (Arno Paulsen) and decides to take the law into his own hands. Murderers Among Us was the first film made in Germany after WWII and has since become a classic.


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