The Day the Rains Came (film)

The Day the Rains Came (German: Am Tag als der Regen kam) is a 1959 West German crime film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Mario Adorf, Christian Wolff, Gert Fröbe and Elke Sommer. It is named after song "Am Tag als der Regen kam" by Dalida, which was a big hit of the year; then it was customary to release a film named after the hit songs of the moment.^[1]

The Day the Rains Came
Directed by	Gerd Oswald
Written by	Heinz Oskar Wuttig Gerd Oswald Will Berthold
Produced by	Artur Brauner Wolf Brauner
Starring	Mario Adorf Christian Wolff Gert Fröbe Elke Sommer
Cinematography	Karl Löb
Edited by	Heinz Haber Brigitte Fredersdorf
Music by	Martin Böttcher
Production company	Alfa Film
Distributed by	Bavaria Film
Release date	24 November 1959 (1959-11-24)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Markwitz and Hans Jürgen Kiebach. It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in West Berlin.

Cast

• Mario Adorf as Werner Maurer
• Christian Wolff as Robert
• Gert Fröbe as Dr. Albert Maurer
• Corny Collins as Inge Zimmermann
• Elke Sommer as Ellen
• Claus Wilcke as Rudi
• Ernst Jacobi as Fritz
• Gert Günther Hoffmann as Willi
• Wolf Richards as Otto
• Uwe Gauditz as Professor
• Horst Naumann as Kriminalassistent Thiel
• Ulla Moritz as Bardame im Splendid
• Harry Hertzsch
• Arno Paulsen as Textilkaufmann Grossmann
• Herbert Weissbach as Rummelplatzpächter Streichan