Geschichten jener Nacht (1967)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 1H 49M

Director : Karl-Heinz Carpentier, Gerhard Klein, Ulrich Thein, Frank Vogel

Synopsis

Four directors - four styles - four episodes, all relating the events of a single night which has entered the history books: August 12-13, 1961. There are thousands of complex narratives connected with the frontier drawn through the middle of Berlin, and each episode relates the story of a difficult decision made on that night...

Actors

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
Commander
Peter Reusse
Peter Reusse
Young Karl
Dieter Mann
Dieter Mann
Robert Wagner
Jenny Gröllmann
Jenny Gröllmann
Jutta Huth
Ulrich Thein
Ulrich Thein
Materna
Angelika Waller
Angelika Waller
Hanna
Erwin Geschonneck
Erwin Geschonneck
Willi Lenz
Jaecki Schwarz
Jaecki Schwarz
Wilfried Zank
Peter Sindermann
Peter Sindermann
Gerry Wolff
Gerry Wolff
Raimund Schelcher
Raimund Schelcher
Werner Lierck
Werner Lierck
Dietmar Obst
Dietmar Obst
Jutta Peters
Jutta Peters
Erich Mirek
Erich Mirek
Horst Schulze
Horst Schulze
Inge Keller
Inge Keller
Eberhard Esche
Eberhard Esche
Regina Beyer
Regina Beyer
Norbert Speer
Norbert Speer
Otmar Richter
Otmar Richter
Martin Flörchinger
Martin Flörchinger
Wolfgang Luderer
Wolfgang Luderer
Johannes Wieke
Johannes Wieke
Werner Dissel
Werner Dissel
Werner Kanitz
Werner Kanitz
Winfried Glatzeder
Winfried Glatzeder
Christoph Engel
Christoph Engel
Rudolf Ulrich
Rudolf Ulrich
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Ernst-Georg Schwill
Otto Stark
Otto Stark
Albert Zahn
Albert Zahn
Marianne Wünscher
Marianne Wünscher
Ingeborg Naß
Ingeborg Naß
Peter Kalisch
Peter Kalisch
Willi Schrade
Willi Schrade

Crews

Karl-Heinz Carpentier
Karl-Heinz Carpentier
Director
Gerhard Klein
Gerhard Klein
Director
Ulrich Thein
Ulrich Thein
Director
Frank Vogel
Frank Vogel
Director
Karl-Heinz Carpentier
Karl-Heinz Carpentier
Writer
Hans-Jürgen Sasse
Hans-Jürgen Sasse
Cinematography
Georg Katzer
Georg Katzer
Music
Susanne Carpentier
Susanne Carpentier
Editor
Ulrich Thein
Ulrich Thein
Writer
Erik Neutsch
Erik Neutsch
Writer
Hartwig Strobel
Hartwig Strobel
Writer
Hartwig Strobel
Hartwig Strobel
Cinematography
Brigitte Krex
Brigitte Krex
Editor
Wolfgang Pietsch
Wolfgang Pietsch
Music
Frank Vogel
Frank Vogel
Writer
Werner Bräunig
Werner Bräunig
Writer
Claus Neumann
Claus Neumann
Cinematography
Lotti Mehnert
Lotti Mehnert
Editor
Günter Hauk
Günter Hauk
Music
Gerhard Klein
Gerhard Klein
Writer
Helmut Baierl
Helmut Baierl
Writer
Peter Krause
Peter Krause
Cinematography
Evelyn Carow
Evelyn Carow
Editor
Wilhelm Neef
Wilhelm Neef
Music

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