| Director | Will Tremper |
|---|---|
| Producer | Hanns Eckelkamp Wenzel Lüdecke Will Tremper |
| Writer | Will Tremper |
| Starring | Karin Hübner Louise Martini Harald Leipnitz |
| Music | Peter Thomas |
| Cinematography | Hans Jura |
| Editing | Susanne Paschen |
| Studio | Will Tremper Filmproduktion Inter West Film Hanns Eckelkamp Filmproduktion |
| Distributor | Atlas Film |
| Released | 8 May 1963 |
| Runtime | 85 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
The Endless Night (German: Die endlose Nacht) is a 1963 West German drama film directed by Will Tremper and starring Karin Hübner, Louise Martini and Harald Leipnitz.[1][2] It was shot on location at Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin. It premiered in the city's Marmorhaus cinema.[3] It screened at the Locarno Film Festival later the same year.
Synopsis
When a heavy fog descends on West Berlin's Temeplhof Airport, a group of passengers are stranded and have to wait out the night in the terminal for the weather to clear.
Cast
- Karin Hübner as Lisa
- Louise Martini as Mascha
- Harald Leipnitz as Wolfgang Spitz
- Hannelore Elsner as Silvia Stössi
- Bruce Low as John McLeod
- Alexandra Stewart as Juanita
- Paul Esser as J. M. Schreiber
- Werner Peters as Herbert
- Walter Buschhoff as Ernst Kramer
- Lore Hartling as Frau Achtel
- Wolfgang Spier as Dr. Achtel
- Oscar Sabo as Hans Hardt
- Fritz Rémond Jr. as Emil Stoltmann
- Mario Adorf as Juanitas Bekannter
- Wolfgang Neuss as Bowlingbahnangestellter Wolfgang
- Rolf Hädrich as Kneipenwirt
- Wanda Warska as Sängerin
- Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet Jazz Quintet
- Ulli Lommel as Junger Mann
See also
- The V.I.P.s, a 1963 British film with a similar situation that takes place at London's Heathrow Airport
References
- ^ Lentz p.124
- ^ Geist p.3
- ^ https://www.filmportal.de/film/die-endlose-nacht_a52b8cf946aa4a84aeaac8e4e7d4ba5d
Bibliography
- Geist, Kathe. The Cinema of Wim Wenders: From Paris, France to Paris, Texas. UMI Research Press, 1988.
- Lentz, Harris M. Feature Films, 1960–1969: A Filmography of English-Language and Major Foreign-Language United States Releases. McFarland, 2009.
External links
- The Endless Night at IMDb