...and the Sky Above Us

...and the Sky Above Us

103 mins | Drama | Dec. 9, 1947

Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market activities. This so disgusts Richter's son, blind ex-soldier Edwin (Paul Edwin Roth), that the boy literally disowns his father. Hans eventually mends his ways, but not before several other devastating setbacks.

...and the Sky Above Us

103 mins | Drama | Dec. 9, 1947

...and the Sky Above Us
Hans Albers plays returning war veteran Hans Richter who has trouble finding work. With nowhere else to turn, Richter gets involved with black market activities. This so disgusts Richter's son, blind ex-soldier Edwin (Paul Edwin Roth), that the boy literally disowns his father. Hans eventually mends his ways, but not before several other devastating setbacks.
Producers
Original title ...und über uns der Himmel
Directors Josef von Báky
Writers Gerhard Grindel

Cast

Hans Albers

as Hans Richter

Lotte Koch

as Edith Schröder

Paul Edwin Roth

as Werner Richter

Annemarie Hase

as Frau Burghardt

Heidi Scharf

as Mizzi Burghardt

Ralph Lothar

as Fritz

Otto Gebühr

as Lehrer Heise

Elsa Wagner

as Frau Heise

Herbert Stass

as Walter