The Night Belongs to Us

The Night Belongs to Us (German: Die Nacht gehört uns), released in English as The Night Is Ours or The Night Belongs to Us, is a 1929 German sports romance film directed by Carl Froelich and Henry Roussel, and starring Hans Albers, Charlotte Ander, and Otto Wallburg.

The Night Belongs to Us
Directed by	Carl Froelich Henry Roussel
Written by	Henry Kistemaeckers (play) Walter Reisch Walter Supper
Produced by	Carl Froelich
Starring	Hans Albers Charlotte Ander Otto Wallburg Walter Janssen
Cinematography	Reimar Kuntze Charles Métain
Edited by	Wolfgang Loë-Bagier Jean Oser
Music by	Franz Grothe Hanson Milde-Meissner
Production company	Carl Froelich-Film
Distributed by	Bild und Ton GmbH (Germany) Protex Pictures (US)
Release dates	23 December 1929 (1929-12-23) (Germany) 20 February 1931 (1931-02-20) (US)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Production

The film was based on a 1925 play by Henry Kistemaeckers. Art direction was by Franz Schroedter. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios. The film's exterior scenes were shot on location in Sicily and the AVUS racetrack in Berlin, and was one of the first German sound films to be released during the transition from silent to sound. A separate French language version The Night Is Ours was also released, directed by Roger Lion.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Harry Bredow
• Charlotte Ander as Bettina Bang
• Otto Wallburg as Vater Bang
• Walter Janssen as Herr Marten
• Ida Wüst as Dame der Gesellschaft
• Lucie Englisch as Dame der Gesellschaft
• Berthe Ostyn as Frau Bredow
• Julius Falkenstein as Lawyer
• Roberto Vittiglio
• Ilse Nast

Bibliography

• Kreimeier, Klaus (1999). The Ufa Story: A History of Germany's Greatest Film Company, 1918–1945. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-22069-0.

External links

• The Night Belongs to Us at IMDb