The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Günter NeumannWriter
- Robert A. StemmleDirector
Cast
- Gert FröbeOtto Normalverbraucher
- Tatjana SaisIda Holle
- Ute SielischEva Wandel
- Aribert WäscherAnton Zeithammer
- O.E. HasseDer Reaktionär
- Hans DeppeEmil Lemke
- Werner OehlschlägerRaisonneur
- Erik OdeStimme
- Karl SchönböckRundfunkreporter
- Herbert HübnerHerr Bollmann
- Alfred SchieskeHerr Schneidewind
- Rita PaulSängerin
Stills
Themes
east berlinwest berlinpost war germany