The Night of Decision (1938 film)

1938 film

The Night of Decision

Directed by| Nunzio Malasomma
Written by|

* Rolf E. Vanloo (story)
* Philipp Lothar Mayring
* Harald G. Petersson

Produced by| Hans von Wolzogen
Starring|

* Pola Negri
* Hans Zesch-Ballot
* Sabine Peters

Cinematography| Karl Puth
Edited by| Alexandra Anatra
Music by| Lothar Brühne

Production
company

Fabrikation Deutscher Filme

Distributed by| Panorama-Film

Release date

* 22 December 1938 (1938-12-22)

Running time

| 89 minutes
Country| Germany
Language| German

The Night of Decision (German: Die Nacht der Entscheidung) is a 1938 German drama film directed by Nunzio Malasomma and starring Pola Negri, Hans Zesch-Ballot and Sabine Peters. The film was Negri's final production in Nazi Germany, made at the time of the Munich Crisis.[1] It was an independent film.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert A. Dietrich and Artur Günther.

## Cast

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* Pola Negri as Tessa Brückmann
* Hans Zesch-Ballot as Konsul Brückmann
* Sabine Peters as Gisela - seine Tochter
* Iván Petrovich as Fernando Alvarez
* Ernst Dumcke as Exzellenz Vivanco
* Hertha von Walther as Mrs. Vivanco
* Hans Richter as Pedro
* Annemarie Schäfer as Manuela
* Edwin Jürgensen as Direktor Lopez
* Hubert von Meyerinck as Chef des Modesalons
* Olga Limburg as Direktrice
* Bruno Ziener as Diener bei Brückmann
* Margarete Genske as Zofe bei Brückmann
* Erhart Stettner as Diener bei Alvarez
* Alice Treff as Lizzy
* Werner Pledath as Aufsichtsratsmitglied Berger
* Georg H. Schnell as Vorsitzender des Londoner Syndikats
* Eduard Bornträger as Platzanweiser im Tennisclub
* Josef Reithofer as Hotelportier in Hamburg
* Max Mothes as Gärtner bei Familie Brückmann
* Edith Meinhard as Vorführdame im Modesalon
* Hilla Höfer as Südamerikanische Tänzerin
* Fritz Draeger as Tänzer auf dem Ball

## References

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1. ^ Kotowski p. 180

## Bibliography

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* Kotowski, Mariusz (2014). Pola Negri: Hollywood's First Femme Fatale. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4489-4.

## External links

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* The Night of Decision at IMDb

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Films directed by Nunzio Malasomma

* Mister Radio (1924)
* One Minute to Twelve (1925)
* The King and the Girl (1925)
* One Against All (1927)
* Struggle for the Matterhorn (1928)
* The Call of the North (1929)
* The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
* The Man with the Claw (1931)
* The Opera Singer (1932)
* The Telephone Operator (1932)
* The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
* I Don't Know You Anymore (1936)
* Lohengrin (1936)
* Red Orchids (1938)
* The Night of Decision (1938)
* The Secret Lie (1938)
* Woman Without a Past (1939)
* Then We'll Get a Divorce (1940)
* Scampolo (1941)
* Torrents of Spring (1942)
* Two Suffer Better Than One (1943)
* The White Devil (1947)
* The Devil in the Convent (1950)
* Four Red Roses (1951)

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