The Berliner

The Berliner

1948 · 89 min · ★ 7.4 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Robert A. Stemmle · Written by Günter Neumann

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