Somewhere in Berlin

Somewhere in Berlin

1946•1h 20m•5.8/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.8/10(10)

After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.

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Production

DEFA

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charles Brauer

Charles Brauer

Gustav Iller

Hans Trinkaus

Willi Schelp

Harry Hindemith

Harry Hindemith

Paul Iller

Hedda Sarnow

Grete Iller

Walter Bluhm

Walter Bluhm

Karl "Kalle" Roper

Hans Leibelt

Hans Leibelt

Herr Eckmann, artist

Paul Bildt

Paul Bildt

Birke

Magdalene von Nußbaum

Frau Schelp

Siegfried Utecht

Kapitän

Fritz Rasp

Fritz Rasp

Waldemar Hunke

Lotte Loebinger

Lotte Loebinger

Frau Steidel

Gerhard Haselbach

Steidel, the shell-shocked ex-soldier

Lilli Schoenborn

Gaston Briese

Karl Hannemann

Eduard Wenck

Eduard Wenck

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