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The Berliner
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The Berliner

1948-12-31 · 89 min · ★ 7.4

Comedy

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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Directors
Robert A. Stemmle
Production companies
Comedia-Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Gert FröbeGert FröbeOtto Normalverbraucher
Tatjana SaisTatjana SaisIda Holle
Ute SielischEva Wandel
Aribert WäscherAribert WäscherAnton Zeithammer
O.E. HasseO.E. HasseDer Reaktionär
Hans DeppeHans DeppeEmil Lemke
Werner OehlschlägerRaisonneur
Erik OdeErik OdeStimme
Karl SchönböckKarl SchönböckRundfunkreporter
Herbert HübnerHerbert HübnerHerr Bollmann
Alfred SchieskeHerr Schneidewind
Rita PaulSängerin
Brigitte MiraBrigitte MiraDirne
Georgia LindGeorgia LindDirne
Clemens HassePfarrer
Herbert Weißbach
Kurt Weitkamp
Franz-Otto KrügerFranz-Otto Krüger
Erwin Biegel
Marianne Prenzel

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