Signal in the Night

Signal in the Night (German: Signal in der Nacht) is a 1937 German war drama film directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben and starring Sybille Schmitz, Inge List and Hannes Stelzer.[1] Location shooting took place at Grünwald Castle and around Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria.

Signal in the Night
Directed byRichard Schneider-Edenkoben
Produced byHelmut Schreiber
Written byFred Hildenbrand
Richard Schneider-Edenkoben
Based onDie graue Schwester (play)
by Paul Hensel-Haerdrich
StarringSybille Schmitz
Inge List
Hannes Stelzer
Music byRudolf Perak
CinematographyKarl Löb
Production
company
Meteor-Film
Distributed byTobis Film
Tobis-Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date
1 October 1937
Running time
87 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman

A young Austrian woman marries an Italian count without really being in love with him, while secretly being admired by an Austrian Captain. Things are complicated by the outbreak of the First World War in which the two countries become enemies.

Cast

  • Sybille Schmitz as Brigitte von Schachen
  • Inge List as Nina Bernini
  • Hannes Stelzer as Captano Mario Bernini - ihr Bruder
  • Curt Ackermann as Conte Cesare Bernini - beider Bruder
  • Hannsgeorg Laubenthal as Hauptmann Franz von Auersperg
  • Harald Paulsen as Pionierhauptmann Urban
  • Julia Serda as Brigittes Tante
  • Hans Leibelt as Schneblinger - Bursche von Auersberg
  • Karel Stepanek as Korporal Tschepski
  • Viktor Gehring as Zugführer Hirrlinger
  • Ernst Waldow as Emmerich - Bursche von Urban
  • Paul Bildt Professor Allmendinger
  • Arnim Suessenguth as Oberst v. Eidam
  • Otz Tollen as Oberleutnant Rickert
  • Harry Hardt as Italienischer Korporal
  • Max Vierlinger as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
  • Helmut Hoffmann as Italienischer Sprengstrupp
  • Helmut Heyne as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
  • Edmund Pouch as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
  • Norbert Kawczynski as Italienischer Sprengtrupp

References

  1. Moeller p.74

Bibliography

  • Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Axel Menges, 2000.


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