Berliner Ballade (1948)

Directors

Robert A. Stemmle

Cast

Gert Fröbe, Tatjana Sais, Ute Sielisch, Aribert Wäscher

The story

The film has a framing narrative set in 2048 where viewers are offered the chance to look back at "The Ancients", which introduces the main narrative set in 1948. The film reflects the struggles of Otto Normalverbraucher (Otto Average-Consumer, played by Fröbe), a former German soldier returning to civilian life in Berlin after World War II. After many travails, struggling to find food, shelter, and work, he eventually falls in love and ends up happily with his dream woman.

Genres

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