Signal in the Night

Signal in the Night
Directed by	Richard Schneider-Edenkoben
Written by	Richard Schneider-Edenkoben
Based on	Die graue Schwester (play) by Paul Hensel-Haerdrich
Produced by	Helmut Schreiber
Starring	Sybille Schmitz Inge List Hannes Stelzer
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Music by	Rudolf Perak
Production company	Meteor-Film
Distributed by	Tobis Film Tobis-Sascha Film (Austria)
Release date	1 October 1937
Running time	87 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Signal in the Night (German: Signal in der Nacht) is a 1937 German war drama film directed by Richard Schneider-Edenkoben and starring Sybille Schmitz, Inge List and Hannes Stelzer.^[1] Location shooting took place at Grünwald Castle and around Bad Reichenhall in Bavaria.

A young Austrian woman marries an Italian count without really being in love with him, while secretly being admired by an Austrian Captain. Things are complicated by the outbreak of the First World War in which the two countries become enemies.

Cast[]

• Sybille Schmitz as Brigitte von Schachen
• Inge List as Nina Bernini
• Hannes Stelzer as Capitano Mario Bernini - ihr Bruder
• Curt Ackermann as Conte Cesare Bernini - beider Bruder
• Hannsgeorg Laubenthal as Hauptmann Franz von Auersperg
• Harald Paulsen as Pionierhauptmann Urban
• Julia Serda as Brigittes Tante
• Hans Leibelt as Schneblinger - Bursche von Auersberg
• Karel Stepanek as Korporal Tschepski
• Viktor Gehring as Zugführer Hirrlinger
• Ernst Waldow as Emmerich - Bursche von Urban
• Paul Bildt Professor Allmendinger
• as Oberst v. Eidam
• Otz Tollen as Oberleutnant Rickert
• Harry Hardt as Italienischer Korporal
• as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
• as Italienischer Sprengstrupp
• as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
• as Italienischer Sprengtrupp
• as Italienischer Sprengtrupp

References[]

Bibliography[]

• Moeller, Felix. The Film Minister: Goebbels and the Cinema in the Third Reich. Axel Menges, 2000.

External links[]

• Signal in the Night at IMDb

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