The Berliner

The Berliner

1948•1h 29m•7.4/10

Comedy

Ratings

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7.4/10(8)

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.

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Comedia-Film

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe

Otto Normalverbraucher

Tatjana Sais

Tatjana Sais

Ida Holle

Ute Sielisch

Eva Wandel

Aribert Wäscher

Aribert Wäscher

Anton Zeithammer

O.E. Hasse

O.E. Hasse

Der Reaktionär

Hans Deppe

Hans Deppe

Emil Lemke

Werner Oehlschläger

Raisonneur

Erik Ode

Erik Ode

Stimme

Karl Schönböck

Karl Schönböck

Rundfunkreporter

Herbert Hübner

Herbert Hübner

Herr Bollmann

Alfred Schieske

Herr Schneidewind

Rita Paul

Sängerin

Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira

Dirne

Georgia Lind

Georgia Lind

Dirne

Clemens Hasse

Clemens Hasse

Pfarrer

Herbert Weißbach

Kurt Weitkamp

Franz-Otto Krüger

Franz-Otto Krüger

Erwin Biegel

Marianne Prenzel

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