# Night of Decision > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Night_of_Decision > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Night_of_Decision.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Decision > Source revision: 1355508434 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1956 film For similar titles, see [The Night of Decision (disambiguation)](/source/The_Night_of_Decision_(disambiguation)). Night of Decision Directed by Falk Harnack Written by Charles Cordier Werner Jörg Lüddecke Produced by Hans Abich Rolf Thiele Starring Carl Raddatz Hilde Krahl Albert Lieven Cinematography Friedl Behn-Grund Edited by Kurt Zeunert Music by Hans-Martin Majewski Production company Filmaufbau Distributed by Schorcht Filmverleih Release date 19 January 1956 (1956-01-19) Running time 102 minutes Country West Germany Language German ***Night of Decision*** ([German](/source/German_language): ***Nacht der Entscheidung***) is a 1956 West German [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Falk Harnack](/source/Falk_Harnack) and starring [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz), [Hilde Krahl](/source/Hilde_Krahl) and [Albert Lieven](/source/Albert_Lieven).[1] It was shot at [Göttingen Studios](/source/G%C3%B6ttingen_Studios) and [on location](/source/Location_filming) in [Belgium](/source/Belgium). The film's sets were designed by the [art directors](/source/Art_director) [Walter Haag](/source/Walter_Haag). ## Synopsis After ten years as a prisoner of war in [Siberia](/source/Siberia), a Belgian [industrialist](/source/Industrialist) returns home to find that he has been declared dead and his wife has remarried. ## Cast - [Carl Raddatz](/source/Carl_Raddatz) as René Dobersin - [Hilde Krahl](/source/Hilde_Krahl) as Claire Vernon - [Albert Lieven](/source/Albert_Lieven) as Albert Vernon - [Ernst Schröder](/source/Ernst_Schr%C3%B6der_(actor)) as Jacques Ardent - [Gisela Tantau](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gisela_Tantau&action=edit&redlink=1) as Monique Dobersin - [Harry Meyen](/source/Harry_Meyen) as Philip Ardent - [Alfred Schieske](/source/Alfred_Schieske) as André - [Joseph Offenbach](/source/Joseph_Offenbach) as Smozik - [Hans Hessling](/source/Hans_Hessling) as Jules - [Fritz Rémond Jr.](/source/Fritz_R%C3%A9mond_Jr.) as Professor Mareau - [Maria Sebaldt](/source/Maria_Sebaldt) as Penny - [Paul Günther](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_G%C3%BCnther_(actor)&action=edit&redlink=1) as Matthieu - [Gerd E. Schäfer](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerd_E._Sch%C3%A4fer&action=edit&redlink=1) as Piet van Hoek - [Karl Meixner](/source/Karl_Meixner) as Francois - [Rudolf Kalvius](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rudolf_Kalvius&action=edit&redlink=1) as Dr. Fabre - [Alwin Woesthoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alwin_Woesthoff&action=edit&redlink=1) as gardener - [Arthur Mentz](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Arthur_Mentz&action=edit&redlink=1) as head-workman - [Jenny Lattermann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jenny_Lattermann&action=edit&redlink=1) as girl - [Benno Hoffmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benno_Hoffmann&action=edit&redlink=1) as guarding soldier ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Bock & Bergfelder p. 383 ## Bibliography - Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009. ## External links - [*Night of Decision*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0236526/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) This article related to a German drama film of the 1950s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3A1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:1950s-Germany-drama-film-stub) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Night of Decision](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Decision) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_Decision?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.