Stronger Than the Night
5.9
The story of a resistance fighter in the Nazi era: Communist Hans Löning was arrested in 1933, imprisoned in a concentration camp and tortured. The Gestapo plans to smash the resistance group around Löning. Despite the imminent threat to his life, Löning, together with his wife, organized the passive resistance of the Hamburg workers against the Hitler regime. In 1944, Löning was again taken and killed.
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Cast
30 people
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Hans Löning
Also in
Karl Marx. Early Years
People with Wings
Helga Göring
Gerda Löning
Also in
Spreewaldfamilie
Drei reizende Schwestern
Slatan Dudow
Ernst Roters
Jeanne Stern
Johannes Arpe
Gauleiter
Also in
Fog
Ernst Thälmann – Son of the Working Class
Karl Plintzner
Kurt Stern
Harald Halgardt
Eddi Nohl
Also in
Sunday Drivers
Loggerheads – Björn und die wilden Wikinger
Horst E. Brandt
Helmut Schreiber
Hackelbusch
Also in
Zur See
Chingachgook: The Great Snake
Johanna Rosinski
Slatan Dudow Director · Jeanne Stern Writer Kurt Stern Writer
First release September 24, 1954 · Produced in XG, Germany · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG · Germany
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Original title
Stärker als die Nacht
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · September 24, 1954
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
October 24, 1954 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
April 28, 1955
Russia
February 27, 1956
Russia
February 27, 1956 · Theatrical
XC
April 22, 1955 · Theatrical
May 13, 1955 · TV · ČST
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