The Last Night (1949 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = The Last Night
| image = The Last Night (1949 film).jpg
| caption =
| director = Eugen York
| producer = {{ubl|Walter Koppel|Gyula Trebitsch}}
| writer = {{ubl|Friedrich Hartau (play)|Otto-Heinz Jahn|Harald G. Petersson}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Sybille Schmitz|Karl John|Margarete Haagen}}
| music = Wolfgang Zeller
| cinematography = Willy Winterstein
| editing = Alice Ludwig
| studio = Real Film
| distributor = Herzog-Filmverleih
| released = {{film date|1949|2|11|df=y}}
| runtime = 93 minutes
| country = Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
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The Last Night ({{langx|de|Die letzte Nacht}}) is a 1949 German drama film directed by Eugen York and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl John, Margarete Haagen.Bock & Bergfelder p. 547 It was made by the Hamburg-based company Real Film at the Wandsbek Studios. The film's sets were designed by Herbert Kirchhoff. It was not a box office success on its release.
Synopsis
In German-occupied France in 1944, a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love.
Cast
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- Sybille Schmitz as Renée Meurier
- Karl John as Harald Buchner, Oberleutnant
- Margarete Haagen as Lisa Plessow
- Catja Görna as Marina Eilers, Sängerin
- Carl-Heinz Schroth as André Meurier, Renées Bruder
- Peter Mosbacher as Major Brink, I.A.
- Hermann Schomberg as General Riedel, Divisionsgeneral
- Joseph Offenbach as Hauptmann Klapproth, NSFO-Offizier
- Josef Sieber as Hauptfeldwebel Mahnke
- Hans Richter as Willem, Ordonnanz
- Franz Schafheitlin as Kriegsgerichtsrat Börner
- Peter Schütte as Hauptmann Venor, Sonderführer und Dolmetscher
- Josef Dahmen as Rostard, Kellner
- Ludwig Röger as Maurice
- Horst von Otto as Stabsintendant Wegler
- Willi Schweisguth as Violle, Gärtner im Schloß Ampière
- Erwin Geschonneck as Oskar, Fahrer
- Wolgang Heßler as Major Olbrecht, Nachrichtenoffizier
- Hans Harlow as Dr. Dörfel, Oberfeldarzt
- Ruth Peter
- Margar Massberg
- Sylvia Fitzen
- Maria Schell
- Ingrid Preusser
- Bruno Klockmann
- Ekkehard von Eckhardt
- Adalbert Kriwat
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0308502}}
{{Eugen York}}
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Category:1940s war drama films
Category:German war drama films
Category:1940s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Eugen York
Category:Films about the French Resistance
Category:German black-and-white films
Category:Films shot at Wandsbek Studios
Category:Films scored by Wolfgang Zeller
Category:German-language war films
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