Nights on the Road

Nights on the Road (German: Nachts auf den Straßen) is a 1952 West German crime drama film directed by Rudolf Jugert and starring Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring and Lucie Mannheim.

[1] It was produced by the veteran Erich Pommer who had returned to Germany after years of exile.

[2] It was acclaimed by German critics on its release and was awarded a prize at the Berlin Film Festival.

The film's sets were designed by Rudolf Pfenninger and Ludwig Reiber.

[4] A happily married truck driver meets a much younger woman one night on the road and begins a relationship with her, which ends with him being drawn into the company of her criminal associate Kurt.