The Restless Night
1958, German. Directed by Falk Harnack.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Falk HarnackDirector
- Ulla JacobssonMelanie
- Bernhard WickiPriest Brunner
- Hansjörg FelmyFedor Baranowski
- Anneli SauliLjuba
- Erik SchumannHauptmann von Arnim
- Werner HinzOberleutnant Ernst
- Albert BesslerCast
- Peter EsserZahlmeister
- Karl-Heinz KreienbaumCast
- Richard MünchKriegsgerichtsrat
- Joseph OffenbachUntersuchungsrichter
- Werner PetersCast
Details
- Released
- 29 October 1958
- Original title
- Unruhige Nacht
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Horst Budjuhn
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The Restless Night runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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The Restless Night isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 October 1958. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Restless Night?
The Restless Night (1958) was directed by Falk Harnack and stars Ulla Jacobsson, Bernhard Wicki, Hansjörg Felmy.