Night of the Twelve (1949)

Original title

Die Nacht der Zwölf

Directed by

Hans Schweikart

Genre

crime film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a German crime film from the late 1940s. It follows characters involved in a criminal case in Munich. The movie was made during the Nazi era but only released after the war.

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What happens

Night of the Twelve (German: Die Nacht der Zwölf) is a 1949 German crime film directed by Hans Schweikart and starring Rudolf Fernau, Ferdinand Marian and Mady Rahl. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich in 1945. It wasn't released before the end of the Second World War, and its eventual premiere took place in 1949. It was one of several crossover films from the Nazi era to debut during the Allied Occupation of Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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