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  • The Rats (1955)
  • 97 min | Drama
The Rats (1955)
97 min | Drama

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 ...See moreIn 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. Written by now.voyager See less
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Director
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Jochen Huth (screenplay) | Gerhart Hauptmann (play 'Die Ratten')
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Updated Jul 6, 1955

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Jul 6, 1955 (West Germany)

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17 cast members
Name Known for
Maria Schell
Pauline Karka Pauline Karka   See fewer
Curd Jürgens
Bruno Mechelke Bruno Mechelke   See fewer
Heidemarie Hatheyer
Anna John Anna John   See fewer
Gustav Knuth
Karl John Karl John   See fewer
Ilse Steppat
Frau Knobbe Frau Knobbe   See fewer
Fritz Rémond Jr.
Harro Hassenreuter (as Fritz Rémond) Harro Hassenreuter (as Fritz Rémond)   See fewer
Lou Seitz
Hebamme Kielbacke Hebamme Kielbacke   See fewer
Barbara Rost
Selma Knobbe Selma Knobbe   See fewer
Karl Hellmer
Postbeamter (as Carl Hellmer) Postbeamter (as Carl Hellmer)   See fewer
Hans Stiebner
Maskenverleihinstitutsbesitzer Maskenverleihinstitutsbesitzer   See fewer
Erich Dunskus
Schißebudenbetreiber Schißebudenbetreiber   See fewer
Walter Bluhm
Mann auf Silvesterparty (uncredited) Mann auf Silvesterparty (uncredited)   See fewer
Edith Schollwer
Sängerin (uncredited) Sängerin (uncredited)   See fewer
Egon Vogel
Vermieter (uncredited) Vermieter (uncredited)   See fewer
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