Post-war Germany 1945: Two rival gangs of uprooted boys fight each other in the ruins of Berlin, whose business is the black market out of necessity in order to survive. Their respective leaders are Gerhard and Dietrich. A pretty young circus artist named Corona comes to the destroyed city with a traveling circus. She immediately caught the boys' attention. When the latter notice that the circus director is abusing the girl, the two gangs join forces and plot an act of revenge against the tyrant. But with the hustle and bustle caused by this, Corona falls from the trapeze and is seriously injured. When the circus moves on, the boys organize a doctor for the sick artist who has been left behind. Their collectively concern for the blonde beauty makes them forget their enmity. This welds the troops closer together and sets the course for a common, meaningful future.
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Cast
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Eva Ingeborg Scholz
Corona
Known for
Welcome to Hartmanns
Lutz Moik
Gerhard
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Heart of Stone
Hanna Amon
Piet Clausen
Dietrich
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You Can No Longer Remain Silent
Ralph Siewert
Fritzchen
Horst Gentzen
Emil
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The Tin Drum
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Hans-Edgar Stecher
Heinz
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Liberation - Part 3 : Direction of the Main Blow
Alfons Zitterbacke
Hans Neie
Rudi
Also in
The Cuckoos
Modell Bianka
Werner Müller
Karlchen
Also in
Hooray, It's a Boy!
Walter Werner
Dr. Waldner
Also in
Süss, the Jew
The Broken Jug
Annemarie Hase
Frau Schmittchen
Also in
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
...and the Sky Above Us
Herbert Hübner
Studienrat Dr. Hanke
Also in
Diener lassen bitten
Zu viele Köche
Eduard Wandrey
Hugo Grandini
Also in
Teenage Wolfpack
Street Acquaintances
Hans Müller Director · Artur A. Kuhnert Writer Hans-Otto Borgmann Composer
First release September 17, 1948 · Produced in Germany
Production
DEFA
Production
Germany
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Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · September 17, 1948
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
March 10, 1950 · Theatrical
Germany
June 7, 1952 · TV · East Germany TV premiere
April 14, 2020 · Digital · YT channel of the DEFA Stiftung
Sweden
October 23, 1949 · Theatrical
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