
A Foreign Affair(1948)
In occupied Berlin, an army captain is torn between an ex-Nazi café singer and the US congresswoman investigating her.


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.

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
The Murderers Are Among Us is a drama, romance, thriller film released in 1946 exploring themes of destruction of a civilization, berlin, germany, nazi, prisoner of war, squatter, post war germany. Directed by Wolfgang Staudte, it stars Hildegard Knef, Wilhelm Borchert, Arno Paulsen. 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.
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