Nachtwache

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Harald Braun

Writers

Harald Braun, Paul Alverdes

Language

German

Country

Germany

Release date

20 October 1949

Ensemble

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

• Annette Schleiermacher

  Helferin

• 

  Nicolas Koline

  Karnickelmann

• Herbert Kroll

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