The Endless Night

The Endless Night (German: Die endlose Nacht) is a 1963 West German drama film directed by Will Tremper and starring Karin Hübner, Louise Martini and Harald Leipnitz. It was shot on location at Tempelhof Airport in West Berlin. It premiered in the city's Marmorhaus cinema. It screened at the Locarno Film Festival later the same year.

Synopsis

When a heavy fog descends on West Berlin's Temeplhof Airport, a group of passengers are stranded and have to wait out the night in the terminal for the weather to clear.

Cast

• Karin Hübner as Lisa
• Louise Martini as Mascha
• Harald Leipnitz as Wolfgang Spitz
• Hannelore Elsner as Silvia Stössi
• Bruce Low as John McLeod
• Alexandra Stewart as Juanita
• Paul Esser as J. M. Schreiber
• Werner Peters as Herbert
• Walter Buschhoff as Ernst Kramer
• Lore Hartling as Frau Achtel
• Wolfgang Spier as Dr. Achtel
• Oscar Sabo as Hans Hardt
• Fritz Rémond Jr. as Emil Stoltmann
• Mario Adorf as Juanitas Bekannter
• Wolfgang Neuss as Bowlingbahnangestellter Wolfgang
• Rolf Hädrich as Kneipenwirt
• Wanda Warska as Sängerin
• Andrzej Trzaskowski Quintet Jazz Quintet
• Ulli Lommel as Junger Mann

See also

• The V.I.P.s, a 1963 British film with a similar situation that takes place at London's Heathrow Airport

References

Bibliography

• Geist, Kathe. The Cinema of Wim Wenders: From Paris, France to Paris, Texas. UMI Research Press, 1988.
• Lentz, Harris M. Feature Films, 1960–1969: A Filmography of English-Language and Major Foreign-Language United States Releases. McFarland, 2009.

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