The Berliner (1948)

12/31/1948 (DE) • 1h 29m

Comedy

Overview

Otto, a feckless Everyman, tries to adjust to the postwar travails of his defeated nation. Stymied by black-market profiteers and government bureaucrats, Otto begins fantasizing about a happier life at the end of that ever-elusive rainbow.

Top Billed Cast

Gert Fröbe

Otto Normalverbraucher

Tatjana Sais

Ida Holle

Ute Sielisch

Eva Wandel

Aribert Wäscher

Anton Zeithammer

O.E. Hasse

Der Reaktionär

Hans Deppe

Emil Lemke

Erik Ode

Stimme

Karl Schönböck

Rundfunkreporter


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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

east berlin

west berlin

post war germany

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