100 minutes
9/19/1957
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.
Claus Holm
as Police Commissioner Axel Kersten
Mario Adorf
as Bruno Lüdke
Hannes Messemer
as SS-Gruppenführer Rossdorf
Peter Carsten
as SS-Standartenführer Mollwitz
Carl Lange
as Major Thomas Wollenberg
Werner Peters
as Willi Keun
Annemarie Düringer
as Helga Hornung
Monika John
as Waitress Lucy Hansen
Rosel Schäfer
as Anna Hohmann
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
as Presiding Judge Dr. Schleffien
Walter Janssen
as DS Boehm
Wilmut Borell
as SS-Obersturmführer Heinrich
Helmut Brasch
as SS-Truppführer Scharf
Georg Lehn
as Detective Bruehl
Lukas Ammann
as Public Defender
Margaret Jahnen
as Frau Weinberger
Käthe Itter
as Doorman's Wife
Else Quecke
as Frau Lehmann
Christa Nielsen
as Blonde Prostitute
Alois Maria Giani
Dietrich Thoms
as Soldier
Heinz Beck
as Station Constable (uncredited)
Trude Breitschopf
as SS-Scharführerin (uncredited)
Friedrich Joloff
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Karl-Heinz Peters
as Air-raid Warden (uncredited)
Toni Treutler
as Canteen Keeper (uncredited)