The Devil Strikes At Night - 1957 - 7/10
AKA - Nachts, Wenn Der Teufel Kam

1944, German is pressed by the Soviet military on the east, Allied bombers from the skies.
To complicate matters, a serial killer is increasing his murder frequency.
Local police, overwhelmed, receive unasked for assistance. The SS.
Dark, cynical, spoilt film still leaves a rotten taste.
Dwindling survivors work the black market, while corrupt officials shrug, drink, try to maintain the thousand year Reich.
Gallows humor clashes with bureaucratic tape in this bleak doppelganger of the police procedural.