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Director Falk Harnack

Writer Horst Budjuhn (Writer), Albrecht Goes (Novel)

Original Title Unruhige Nacht

Release Date October 29, 1958

Runtime 96 min (1h 36m)

Country Germany

Language DE

Budget N/A

Box Office N/A

Studios Real-Film • Carlton-Film • Filmaufbau

The Restless Night (1958)

Name: The Restless Night
Genre: History, War, Drama
Released: 1958-10-29
Rating: 3.3

Directed by Falk Harnack

• Written by Horst Budjuhn , Albrecht Goes

⭐ 3.3 / 5 (2 votes) ⏱️ 96 min 🎬 History, War, Drama

Ratings Breakdown:

2 ratings

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Synopsis

1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.