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The Track in the Night
The Track in the Night
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The Track in the Night

Original Title: Spur in die Nacht

1957
1h 30m
Crime
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1957

Runtime

1h 30m

Storyline

The bricklayer Ulli has received a letter from his girlfriend Sabine asking him to come to her from Berlin as soon as possible. Sabine works as a sales clerk in a small village in the Zittau Mountains near the border with Czechoslovakia. However, when Ulli arrives at the station, Sabine is not waiting for him. He goes alone to the Fuchsbau inn. Sabine's friend Traudel only knows that Sabine has made her way to the station. When she notices that Sabine's room has been cleared out, she calls the police. All the police find in Sabine's room is a map showing a trip to Hamburg. They now consider Sabine to be a fugitive from the republic.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 30m
Oct 24, 1957
Languages
German
Director
Günter Reisch
Günter Reisch
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production Countries
East Germany

Top Cast

17 Cast Members

Ulrich Thein

Ulrich Thein

Ulli Sperber

Eva-Maria Hagen

Eva-Maria Hagen

Sabine

Annekathrin Bürger

Annekathrin Bürger

Traudel

Raimund Schelcher

Raimund Schelcher

Man with leather jacket

Uwe-Jens Pape

Uwe-Jens Pape

Hanno

Friedrich Gnaß

old Grabbert

Hermann Kiessner

Herr Eschka

Kurt Dunkelmann

Herr Lehmann

Hans-Peter Minetti

Hans-Peter Minetti

Dr. Meisel

Horst Kube

Horst Kube

The younger

Herbert Körbs

The older

Kurt Rackelmann

Kurt Rackelmann

Herr Bethmann

Hela Gruel

Hela Gruel

Frau Lehmann

Aribert Grimmer

Grabbert

Albert Hetterle

Albert Hetterle

Offizier

Dieter Perlwitz

Dieter Perlwitz

second border policeman

Lisa Wehn

old woman on the train

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