Murderers Among Us
1946 · Movie · 81 min · ★ 6.9 · 75% critics
In the ruins of postwar Berlin, a concentration camp survivor returns home to find a deeply traumatized former military doctor living there. As they try to rebuild ordinary life, the weight of wartime guilt, grief, and moral reckoning makes moving forward painfully difficult.
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Details
- Original title
- Die Mörder sind unter uns
- Years
- 1946
- Release date
- 1946-10-15
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 (72 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a somber, reflective postwar drama with heavy themes of guilt and recovery, especially if Berlin Express appeals to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or uplifting comfort.
Pros: haunting postwar atmosphere; powerful Berlin ruins; thoughtful moral themes | Cons: thin central romance; uneven story strength; bleak tone throughout
Themes
- destruction of a civilization
- berlin, germany
- nazi
- prisoner of war
- squatter
- post war germany
- revenge
- slaughter
- rubble
- post war
- post world war ii
- revenge killing
- +9 more
Cast & crew
Hildegard Knef
as Susanne Wallner
Wilhelm Borchert
as Hans Mertens
Arno Paulsen
as Ferdinand Brückner
- RF
Robert Forsch
as Gustav Mondschein
- AJ
Albert Johannes
as Bartholomäus Timm
- UK
Ursula Krieg
as Carola Schulz
- WD
Wolfgang Dohnberg
as Fritz Knochenhauer
Erna Sellmer
as Mrs. Brückner
- MG
Michael Günther
as Herbert Brückner
- CB
Christian Blackwood
as Otto Brückner
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte