Ohne dich wird es Nacht (1956)

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Country: West Germany
Genres: Drama
Release: 1956-08-17
Director: Curd Jürgens
Writers: Walter Forster , George Hurdalek
Language: German
Stars: Eva Bartok , Curd Jürgens , René Deltgen , Ernst Schröder , Ursula Grabley , Carl Wery , Karin Evans , Hedwig Wangel , Leonard Steckel , Wolfgang Neuss
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Sin ti todo es tiniebla (Spain) , Ohne dich wird es Nacht , Wenn Du gehst wird es Nacht , Ohne Dich wird es Nacht (Austria) , Eisai to fos tis zois mou (Greece) , À Beira do Pecado (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Without You It Is Night , I morfinens skygge (Denmark) , Senza di te è notte (Italy) , Ohne dich wird es Nacht , Slav under lasten (Sweden) , Eradeh (Iran)
Plot: Another problem, another Problemfilm: here it is drug addiction. Curt Jürgens, in the third film he directed, gives a fine portrayal of the morphinist and of the long road to cure. Bravura man Jürgens is not afraid to show the weakest side of the man's character.The script is weak. There is something about the deeper causes of the addiction (speech defect), but further than mentioning Demosthenes and something about the upbringing by the father, the film does not go. The scene where the wife in her distress wants to take morphine herself, only to follow her husband "for better or for worse", is too ridiculous; it probably tells a lot about what Jürgens thought of women. Instead of concentrating on the two main characters, there is also a sub story that does not add much to main drama.
IMDB:tt0050796