Berlinger
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A fictional, non-chronological account of the life of the scientist, adventurer and industrialist Lukas Berlinger. The key dates and central events include Berlinger's birth in 1914, his friendship with Johannes Roeder, who was the same age, his marriage to Marlit in the early 1930s and Roeder's joining the NSDAP in 1936. As a chemist and "scientist important to the war effort", Berlinger was not required to go to the front during the Second World War, but it was slowly discovered that he was helping persecuted people to escape to Switzerland. Pressure from the Gestapo cost Marlit her life, and Berlinger fled to South America. It was not until 1968 that he returned to the western part of Germany. He meets Roeder again, who is now a senator and has become rich as a "building tycoon", and meets Maria, a teacher almost 30 years his junior, who looks strikingly similar to Marlit.
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Cast
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Martin Benrath
Lukas Berlinger
Known for
Stalingrad
From the Life of the Marionettes
Hannelore Elsner
Maria / Marlit
Known for
100 Things
Cherry Blossoms
Dietrich Lohmann
Heinz Angermeyer
Alf Brustellin
Also in
Tales of the Dumpster Kid
Sunday Painting
Peter Ehrlich
Johannes Roeder
Also in
Emil and the Detectives
Ein Mann namens Harry Brent
Bernhard Sinkel
Also in
Sunday Painting
Caesar and Cleopatra
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Also in
Advertising Rules!
Monika Grube
Tilo Prückner
Laski
Known for
The NeverEnding Story
Iron Sky
Nikos Perakis
Martin Lüttge
Pfeiffer
Known for
Scene of the Crime
Bernhard Sinkel Director · Alf Brustellin Director Dietrich Lohmann Cinematographer
First release November 6, 1975 · Produced in Germany · Production Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer, ZDF
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ABS Filmproduktion
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Independent Film Heinz Angermeyer
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ZDF
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Independent Film
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Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 6, 1975
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No release date listed for United States.
Portugal
December 14, 1977 · Porto Cineclube do Porto
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