The Berliner
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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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Gert Fröbe
Otto Normalverbraucher
Known for
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Tatjana Sais
Ida Holle
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Ute Sielisch
Eva Wandel
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Aribert Wäscher
Anton Zeithammer
Known for
The Man Between
O.E. Hasse
Der Reaktionär
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Hans Deppe
Emil Lemke
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Werner Oehlschläger
Raisonneur
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Erik Ode
Stimme
Also in
The Commissioner
Alexander Zwo
Karl Schönböck
Rundfunkreporter
Known for
Titanic
Otto - The Movie
Herbert Hübner
Herr Bollmann
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Alfred Schieske
Herr Schneidewind
Known for
Pippi in the South Seas
Rita Paul
Sängerin
Also in
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Robert A. Stemmle Director · Günter Neumann Writer Georg Krause Cinematographer
First release December 31, 1948 · Produced in Germany · Production Comedia Film - Alf Teichs Produktion
Production
Comedia-Film
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Comedia Film - Alf Teichs Produktion
Production
Germany
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Original title
Berliner Ballade
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 31, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
June 23, 1950 · Theatrical
Germany
February 28, 2020 · Physical
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