Only One Night (1950 film) explained

Only One Night
Director:	Fritz Kirchhoff
Producer:	Fritz Kirchhoff
Music:	Hans-Otto Borgmann
Editing:	Rosemarie Weinert
Studio:	Pontus Film
Distributor:	National-Film
Runtime:	82 minutes
Country:	West Germany

Only One Night (German: '''Nur eine Nacht''') is a 1950 West German drama film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Marianne Hoppe, Hans Söhnker and Willy Maertens.^[1] It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht. Location shooting took place on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg.

Synopsis

Two strangers enjoy a brief encounter after meeting in Hamburg.

Cast

• Marianne Hoppe as Die Frau
• Hans Söhnker as Der Mann
• Willy Maertens
• Lotte Klein
• Gustl Busch
• Inge Stoldt
• Reinhold Lütjohann
• Carl Voscherau
• Konrad Mayerhoff
  • Erwin Linder
• Karl-Heinz Peters
• Arnim Dahl as Schläger auf der Reeperbahn
• Madelon Truß
• Lilo Müller
• Walter Scherau
• Lotte Manshardt
• Helmut Peine
• Horst von Otto
• Otto Graf
• Herbert A.E. Böhme
• Eva Probst
• Günter Pfitzmann

Bibliography

• Hans-Michael Bock and Tim Bergfelder. The Concise Cinegraph: An Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

Notes and References

1. Bock & Bergfelder p. 52