The Rats

1h 37m
Drama
6.5

Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the boyfriend who abandoned her. She has no option but to sell her child to another woman, Anna. After the birth, Pauline decides she wants the baby back.

Cast

Curd Jürgens
Bruno Mechelke
Maria Schell
Pauline Karka
Gustav Knuth
Karl John
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Anna John
Ilse Steppat
Frau Knobbe
Franz Rémond Jr.
Harro Hassenreuter
Lou Seitz
Hebamme Kielbacke
Barbara Rost
Selma Knobbe
Erich Dunskus
Unknown
Carl de Vogt
Unknown
Hans Bergmann
Unknown
Walter Bluhm
Unknown
Karl Hellmer
Postbeamter
Manfred Meurer
Unknown

Crew

Robert Siodmak
Director
Jochen Huth
Writer
Ira Oberberg
Editor
Klaus Eckstein
Editor
Göran Strindberg
Director of Photography
Wolfgang Bellenbaum
Assistant Director
Artur Brauner
Producer
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Production Design
Hugo Schott
Camera Operator
Maria Brauner
Costume Design
Willi Nixdorf
Makeup Artist
Gertrud Schaefer
Makeup Artist
Ilse Schulz
Makeup Artist
Clemens Tütsch
Sound
Werner Eisbrenner
Original Music Composer
Bob Klebig
Still Photographer
Gerhart Hauptmann
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