The Killer is Among Us

Wolfgang Staudte
Ernst Wilhelm Bohte, Hildegard Knef, Arno Paulsen
1946
Germany
Completed
German
85 minutes
Detailed introduction
This film (drama)Also known asDie Mörder sind unter uns,is aGermanyProducerwomen sex,At1946Released in year
。The dialogue language isGerman,Current Douban rating7.5(For reference only)。
After World War II, Susanna returns to a devastated Berlin from the concentration camps, only to find her apartment occupied by another person, Dr. Hans Mertens. He has been left broken by the war and is a heavy alcoholic. Susanna asks him to leave, but he refuses, so they start living together in Susanna's apartment and even develop feelings for each other, eventually falling in love. This slightly inspires Mertens, until he learns that Captain Brueckner is still alive and resides in Berlin. Captain Brueckner was his superior during the war and had ordered the killing of over a hundred innocent lives on Christmas Day, including many women and children... This film is ranked sixth among the greatest hundred German films.