- Country: West Germany
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1955-07-06
- Director: Robert Siodmak
- Writers: Jochen Huth , Gerhart Hauptmann
- Language: German
- Stars: Maria Schell , Curd Jürgens , Heidemarie Hatheyer , Gustav Knuth , Ilse Steppat , Fritz Rémond Jr. , Lou Seitz , Barbara Rost , Karl Hellmer , Hans Stiebner
- Runtime: 91 min
- Awards: 3 wins & 3 nominations
- AKA: Szczury (Poland) , De ratten (Belgium) , Les rats (Belgium) , The Rats , Les rats (France, French Republic) , Die Ratten , Entre Mulheres (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Rotterne (Denmark) , Råttorna (Sweden) , Diavatirio me kilides aimatos (Greece) , Die Ratten (Austria) , Крысы , ねずみ (Japan) , I topi (Italy) , Quando o Amor é Pecado (Brazil) , Rotat (Finland) , Rottene (Norway) , Die Ratten
- Plot: In the early Fifties Pauline Karka (Maria Schell) comes to Berlin. She is pregnant and totally penniless. She meets the laundry owner Anna John (Heidemarie Hatheyer) who always yearned to become a mother but hasn't been able to. Paulines child is born and the two women agree that Anna John will keep the newborn as her own baby. As Pauline is going to move to West Germany, she wants to see her child once again for the last time but Anna John refuses. Pauline panics and kidnaps by mistake the terminally ill kid of the neighbor woman. Meanwhile Anna John instructs her brother Bruno (Curd Jürgens) to get rid of Pauline but Bruno stumbles and kills himself with his own knife before he could find Pauline.
- IMDB:tt0048542
Die Ratten Cast · · · ALL
Robert Siodmak
Director
Curd Jürgens
Bruno Mechelke
Maria Schell
Pauline Karka
Gustav Knuth
Karl John
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Anna John
Ilse Steppat
Frau Knobbe
Lou Seitz
Hebamme Kielbacke
Barbara Rost
Selma Knobbe
Erich Dunskus
Carl de Vogt
Hans Bergmann
Walter Bluhm
Karl Hellmer
Postbeamter
Manfred Meurer