Night of Decision

{{Short description|1956 film}} {{For|similar titles|The Night of Decision (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox film | name = Night of Decision | image =Night of Decision.jpg | caption = | director = [[Falk Harnack]] | producer = {{ubl|[[Hans Abich]]|[[Rolf Thiele]]}} | writer = {{ubl|[[Charles Cordier (writer)|Charles Cordier]]|[[Werner Jörg Lüddecke]]}} | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|[[Carl Raddatz]]|[[Hilde Krahl]]|[[Albert Lieven]]}} | music = [[Hans-Martin Majewski]] | cinematography = [[Friedl Behn-Grund]] | editing = [[Kurt Zeunert]] | studio = Filmaufbau | distributor = Schorcht Filmverleih | released = {{Film date|1956|01|19|df=yes}} | runtime = 102 minutes | country = West Germany | language = [[German language|German]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Night of Decision''''' ({{langx|de|'''Nacht der Entscheidung'''}}) is a 1956 West German [[drama film]] directed by [[Falk Harnack]] and starring [[Carl Raddatz]], [[Hilde Krahl]] and [[Albert Lieven]].<ref>Bock & Bergfelder p. 383</ref> It was shot at [[Göttingen Studios]] and [[location filming|on location]] in [[Belgium]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]]s [[Walter Haag]].

==Synopsis== After ten years as a prisoner of war in [[Siberia]], a Belgian [[industrialist]] returns home to find that he has been declared dead and his wife has remarried.

==Cast== * [[Carl Raddatz]] as René Dobersin * [[Hilde Krahl]] as Claire Vernon * [[Albert Lieven]] as Albert Vernon * [[Ernst Schröder (actor)|Ernst Schröder]] as Jacques Ardent * [[Gisela Tantau]] as Monique Dobersin * [[Harry Meyen]] as Philip Ardent * [[Alfred Schieske]] as André * [[Joseph Offenbach]] as Smozik * [[Hans Hessling]] as Jules * [[Fritz Rémond Jr.]] as Professor Mareau * [[Maria Sebaldt]] as Penny * [[Paul Günther (actor)|Paul Günther]] as Matthieu * [[Gerd E. Schäfer]] as Piet van Hoek * [[Karl Meixner]] as Francois * [[Rudolf Kalvius]] as Dr. Fabre * [[Alwin Woesthoff]] as gardener * [[Arthur Mentz]] as head-workman * [[Jenny Lattermann]] as girl * [[Benno Hoffmann]] as guarding soldier

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. ''The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema''. Berghahn Books, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0236526}}

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