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The Murderers Are Among Us
1946 | 81m | German
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Wolfgang Staudte |
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| Writer: | Wolfgang Staudte |
| Staring: |
| After returning from a concentration camp, Susanne finds a traumatized ex-soldier living in her apartment in bombed out Berlin. Together the two try to move past their experiences during WWII. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 15, 1946 |
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| Director: | Wolfgang Staudte |
| Writer: | Wolfgang Staudte |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | berlin, germany, destruction of a civilization, prisoner of war, nazi, squatter, revenge, slaughter, post war germany, rubble, post war, post world war ii, revenge killing, concentration camp survivor, war memories, revenge plot, shadowy figures, destroyed city, nazi war criminal, traumatized man, bombed building, mass execution |
| Production Companies | Herstellungsgruppe Herbert Uhlich, DEFA |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 07, 2026 Entered: Apr 07, 2025 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hildegard Knef | Susanne Wallner |
| Wilhelm Borchert | Hans Mertens |
| Arno Paulsen | Ferdinand Brückner |
| Robert Forsch | Gustav Mondschein |
| Albert Johannes | Bartholomäus Timm |
| Ursula Krieg | Carola Schulz |
| Wolfgang Dohnberg | Fritz Knochenhauer |
| Erna Sellmer | Mrs. Brückner |
| Michael Günther | Herbert Brückner |
| Christian Blackwood | Otto Brückner |
| Hilde Adolphi | Daisy |
| Marlise Ludwig | Sonja |
| Elly Burgmer | Mother of Sick Child |
| Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur | Doctor |
| Christiane Hanson | Maid |
| Käthe Jöken-König | Customer |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Willi Herrmann | Location Manager |
| Gertraud Recke | Costume Design |
| Max Sablotzki | Location Manager |
| Otto Hunte | Production Design |
| Eugen Klagemann | Director of Photography |
| Ernst Roters | Original Music Composer, Music |
| Hans Heinrich | Editor, Assistant Director |
| Wolfgang Staudte | Screenplay, Director |
| Bruno Monden | Production Design |
| Friedl Behn-Grund | Director of Photography |
| Dr. Klaus Jungk | Sound Designer |
| Herbert Uhlich | Production Manager |
| Fritz Havenstein | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Herbert Uhlich | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 4 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 678 | 799 |
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| 2025 | 4 | 181 | 479 |