Overview

1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.

Cast

Ulla Jacobsson, Bernhard Wicki, Hansjörg Felmy, Anneli Sauli, Erik Schumann, Werner Hinz, Albert Bessler, Peter Esser

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What is "The Restless Night" about?

1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night. It is also the last night before the departure for Stalingrad, which the soldiers know means certain death. The priest leaves his room to a captain so that he can meet his fiancée one last time. He himself remains in Baranowski's cell and struggles with his conscience and his emotion - even more so when he learns that the young doomed man committed desertion out of love. But the execution is carried out, and a member of the firing squad finds only cynical words for the soldier's fate.

When was "The Restless Night" released?

The Restless Night was released in 1958.

Who stars in "The Restless Night"?

The cast includes Ulla Jacobsson, Bernhard Wicki, Hansjörg Felmy, Anneli Sauli.

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