The Last Night (1949 film)

The Last Night
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Directed by	Eugen York
Written by	Friedrich Hartau (play) Otto-Heinz Jahn Harald G. Petersson
Produced by	Walter Koppel Gyula Trebitsch
Starring	Sybille Schmitz Karl John Margarete Haagen
Cinematography	Willy Winterstein
Edited by	Alice Ludwig
Music by	Wolfgang Zeller
Production company	Real Film
Distributed by	Herzog-Filmverleih
Release date	11 February 1949 (1949-02-11)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Last Night (German: Die letzte Nacht) is a 1949 German drama film directed by Eugen York and starring Sybille Schmitz, Karl John, Margarete Haagen.

It was made by the Hamburg-based company Real Film. The film's sets were designed by Herbert Kirchhoff.

The film is set in German-occupied France in 1944 where a female resistance operative and a German army officer fall in love. It was not a box office success on its release.

Cast

• 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

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim, eds. (2009). The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema. New York: Berghahn Books. ISBN 978-1-57181-655-9.

External links

• The Last Night at IMDb