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The Berliner 1948 Directed by Robert A. Stemmle Berliner Ballade

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.

Country Germany
Production Country Germany
Language German
Spoken Language German
Gnere Comedy
Production Company Comedia-Film
Release Date 31 December 1948
89 mins
Cast
Gert Fröbe
Gert Fröbe Otto Normalverbraucher
Tatjana Sais
Tatjana Sais Ida Holle
Ute Sielisch
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
Werner Oehlschläger Raisonneur
Erik Ode
Erik Ode Stimme
Karl Schönböck
Karl Schönböck Rundfunkreporter
Herbert Hübner
Herbert Hübner Herr Bollmann
Alfred Schieske
Alfred Schieske Herr Schneidewind
Rita Paul
Rita Paul Sängerin
Brigitte Mira
Brigitte Mira Dirne
Georgia Lind
Georgia Lind Dirne
Clemens Hasse
Clemens Hasse Pfarrer
Herbert Weißbach
Herbert Weißbach
Kurt Weitkamp
Kurt Weitkamp
Franz-Otto Krüger
Franz-Otto Krüger
Erwin Biegel
Erwin Biegel
Marianne Prenzel
Marianne Prenzel
Otto Matthies
Otto Matthies
Walter Strasen
Walter Strasen
Georg August Koch
Georg August Koch
Franz Pollandt
Franz Pollandt
Walter Schramm
Walter Schramm
Valy Arnheim
Valy Arnheim
Walter Bechmann
Walter Bechmann
Alfred Beierle
Alfred Beierle
Reinhold Bernt
Reinhold Bernt
Albert Bessler
Albert Bessler
Walter Bluhm
Walter Bluhm
Erich Dunskus
Erich Dunskus
Joe Furtner
Joe Furtner
Kurt Getke
Kurt Getke
Herwart Grosse
Herwart Grosse
Karl Hannemann
Karl Hannemann
Helmut Heyne
Helmut Heyne
Hugo Kalthoff
Hugo Kalthoff
Alfred Maack
Alfred Maack
Edgar Pauly
Edgar Pauly
Hans Schille
Hans Schille
Otz Tollen
Otz Tollen
Ilse Trautschold
Ilse Trautschold
Theodor Vogeler
Theodor Vogeler
Erik von Loewis
Erik von Loewis
Werner Völger
Werner Völger
Georg Völkel
Georg Völkel
Alexander Welbat
Alexander Welbat
Eduard Wenck
Eduard Wenck
Crew
Director
Robert A. Stemmle
Robert A. Stemmle
Writer
Günter Neumann
Günter Neumann
Producers
Heinz Rühmann
Heinz Rühmann
Alf Teichs
Alf Teichs
Cinematography
Georg Krause
Georg Krause
Editor
Walter Wischniewsky
Walter Wischniewsky
Production Design
Gabriel Pellon
Gabriel Pellon
Sound
Hans Löhmer
Hans Löhmer
Costume Design
Gertraud Recke
Gertraud Recke
Music
Werner Eisbrenner
Werner Eisbrenner
Günter Neumann
Günter Neumann