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The Berliner(Movie, 1948)

Original title: "Berliner Ballade" (German/DE)
FSK: 16+ years
| 1h 29min | Genres: Drama, History, Comedy
The BerlinerRating: 3.7/5 (with 44 votes)
The Berliner (German: Berliner Ballade; also known as The Ballad of Berlin) is a 1948 German comedy film adapted by Günter Neumann from his cabaret, directed by Robert A. Stemmle, and starring Gert Fröbe in his first leading role. It offers a satirical portrayal of life in Berlin in the aftermath of World War II. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Berliner

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About The Berliner

Long before he played the corpulent Goldfinger, German actor Gert Froebe was a scarecrow-skinny comedian. In Berliner Ballade, Froebe makes his screen debut as Otto, a feckless Everyman who 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. Director R. A. Stemmle doesn't have to strive for pathos: he merely places his gangly star amidst the ruins of a bombed-out Berlin, and the point is made for him. Filmed in 1948, Berliner Ballade was later released in the U.S. as The Berliner.

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The Ballad of Berlin (1948) Original Trailer [HD](Trailer, 2:26)

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Additional Information

Production country: Germany
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: German (DE)
Translated into 4 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/31/1948

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