Everyone Dies Alone

In wartime Berlin, a factory foreman, Otto Quangel and his wife, Anna learn that their only son, Paul, has been killed in action in France. In their grief, the couple decide to take action against the Nazi regime. They create their own form of resistance, writing postcards urging people to resist Hitler and the Nazis and quietly distributing the postcards around Berlin. Various people enter the picture, showing the fear and distrust of the times. People, such as the actor Harteisen, find the cards and race to turn them in, lest they be found with them and come under suspicion. The police and the Gestapo are baffled for over a year, but finally find the source of the cards. The Volksgerichtshof sentences the Quangels to death.

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Anna Quangel

Anneli Granget

Trudel Baumann

Hartmut Reck

Karl Hergesell

Martin Hirthe

SS-Brigadeführer Prall

Werner Peters

Kriminalkommissar Escherich

Benno Hoffmann

Kriminalassistent Schröder

Harry Riebauer

Ministerialrat Dr. Sommer

Friedrich Schoenfelder

Staatsschauspieler Harteisen

Rudolf Fernau

Dr. Toll

Hilde Sessak

Frau Gesch

Klaus Miedel

Präsident Volksgerichtshof

Paul Albert Krumm

Fremder

Reinhard Kolldehoff

SA-Mann

Ethel Reschke

Lokalbesitzerin

Bruno W. Pantel

• Falk HarnackDirector
• Robert A. StemmleWriter
• Hans FalladaNovel
• Heinz PehlkeDirector of Photography

Release date

July 18, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama