Unter den tausend Laternen (1952)

Directed by

Erich Engel

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In post-war Hamburg, a man gets drawn into a web of crime and deception under the city's thousand lanterns. The story follows his involvement with a group of shady characters and a stolen fortune.

grittynoirishsuspensefulmoodyatmosphericurbanmysterious

What happens

Under the Thousand Lanterns (German: Unter den tausend Laternen) is a 1952 French–West German crime film directed by Erich Engel and starring Michel Auclair, Gisela Trowe, and Hanna Rucker. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival. It was made by Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios in Hamburg and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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