Bibliograph

Somewhere in Berlin, Irgendwo in Berlin

Type

Label

Somewhere in Berlin, Irgendwo in Berlin

Language

ger

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Somewhere in Berlin

Oclc number

907660826

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Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1946

Runtime

Sub title

Irgendwo in Berlin

Summary

After WWII, Berlin lies in ruins. For Gustav, Willi and their friends the rubble provides an adventurous, dangerous playground. For Gustav it also helps pass the time, as he longs for his fatherђ́ةs return from a POW camp. One day a stranger arrives, looking helpless and hopelessђ́ŒGerhard Lamprecht built his reputation in the 1930s with socially-critical Berlin films based on the drawings of Heinrich Zille, and hits like Emil and the Detectives (1931, script Billy Wilder). InSomewhere in Berlin ђ́ا his first postwar film, made just months after the cessation of hostilities ђ́ا he portrays the people of the shattered city with precision and psychological realism

Technique

live action

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Irgendwo in Berlin

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