Enemies at first, concentration camp survivor Susanne Wallner and a former German army surgeon Hans Mertens find love in this film set in the ruins of post-World War II Berlin. Then the surgeon discovers that the surgeon’s former commander Hauptman Ferdinand Brückner, who ordered a mass execution of innocent civilians, lives nearby. In German with English subtitles. Director Wolfgang Staudte; stars Hildegard Knef, W. Borchert, Erna Sellmer, Robert Forsch, Arno Paulsen. DEFA.