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Nachtwache 1949 Directed by Harald Braun

In a hospital, the Protestant pastor Heger and the Catholic chaplain von Imhoff are responsible for pastoral care. Cornelie, a senior doctor, has lost her faith in God after the death of her daughter in the war. One day, Cornelie's former lover and father of her deceased daughter, the actor Gorgas, turns up to visit his friend von Imhoff. During these days, Gorgas invites Heger's ten-year-old daughter to visit him at the fairground, where she has a fatal accident on the swing boat. Hegers seems to be broken by this stroke of fate, but finds support in von Imhoff, who even gives him the strength to stop Gorgas from committing suicide. Cornelie regains her faith and stays with Heger.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Drama
Release Date 20 October 1949
109 mins
Cast
Luise Ullrich Cornelie Badenhausen
Hans Nielsen Pfarrer Johannes Heger
René Deltgen Stefan Gorgas
Dieter Borsche Kaplan von Imhoff
Käthe Haack die Oberin von Heiliggeist
Angelika Meissner Lotte Hege
Gertrud Eysoldt Schwester Jakobe
Nicolas Koline Karnickelmann
Herbert Kroll Bürgermeister