Somewhere in Berlin

Somewhere in Berlin

80 mins | Drama | Dec. 18, 1946

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.

Somewhere in Berlin

80 mins | Drama | Dec. 18, 1946

Somewhere in Berlin
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers DEFA
Original title Irgendwo in Berlin
Directors Gerhard Lamprecht
Writers Gerhard Lamprecht

Cast

Charles Brauer

as Gustav Iller

Hans Trinkaus

as Willi Schelp

Harry Hindemith

as Paul Iller

Hedda Sarnow

as Grete Iller

Walter Bluhm

as Karl "Kalle" Roper

Hans Leibelt

as Herr Eckmann, artist

Paul Bildt

as Birke

Magdalene von Nußbaum

as Frau Schelp

Siegfried Utecht

as Kapitän

Fritz Rasp

as Waldemar Hunke

Lotte Loebinger

as Frau Steidel

Gerhard Haselbach

as Steidel, the shell-shocked ex-soldier