The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. Especially for Gustav, it helps pass the time, as he longs for his father's return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopeless.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerhard LamprechtDirector
- Gerhard LamprechtWriter
- Erich EineggOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charles BrauerGustav Iller
- Hans TrinkausWilli Schelp
- Harry HindemithPaul Iller
- Hedda SarnowGrete Iller
- Walter BluhmKarl "Kalle" Roper
- Hans LeibeltHerr Eckmann, artist
- Paul BildtBirke
- Magdalene von NußbaumFrau Schelp
- Siegfried UtechtKapitän
- Fritz RaspWaldemar Hunke
- Lotte LoebingerFrau Steidel
- Gerhard HaselbachSteidel, the shell-shocked ex-soldier
Stills
Themes
fireworksartiststolen moneyboy gangthiefex-nazipre-teenreturn homeshell shocked soldierblack marketeer