The Night of the Storm

The Night of the Storm
Directed by	Falk Harnack
Written by	Klaus Hellmer (novel) Gina Kaus Answald Krüger Maria Matray Heinz Oskar Wuttig
Produced by	Artur Brauner Horst Wendlandt
Starring	Lilli Palmer Ivan Desny Willy A. Kleinau
Cinematography	Friedl Behn-Grund
Edited by	Hannelore Friedrich Kurt Zeunert
Music by	Herbert Trantow
Production company	CCC Film
Distributed by	Neue Filmverleih
Release date	7 March 1957
Running time	102 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The Night of the Storm or Tempestuous Love (German: Wie ein Sturmwind) is a 1957 West German drama film directed by Falk Harnack and starring Lilli Palmer, Ivan Desny and Willy A. Kleinau.

It was made at the CCC Studios in Berlin with sets designed by Ernst Schomer and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. Location shooting took place in Munich and Messina in Italy.

Cast

• Lilli Palmer as Marianne Eichler
• Ivan Desny as Viktor Ledin
• Willy A. Kleinau as Friedrich Eichler
• Susanne Cramer as Gina
• Siegfried Schürenberg as Herterich
• Käthe Braun as Beate Hoberg
• Peter Capell as Dr. Baumgarten
• Karl Hellmer
• Hans Hessling
• Ralph Lothar as Kuelz
• Friedrich Maurer as Prokurist Wechsler
• Arthur Schröder as Richter
• Alexa von Porembsky as Emmy
• Peter Uwe Witt as Horst
• Konrad Wagner as Dr. Brandes

Bibliography

• Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.

External links

• The Night of the Storm at IMDb