Somewhere in Berlin (1946)
Irgendwo in Berlin (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Charles Brauer	...	Gustav Iller
	Hans Trinkaus	...	Willi, war orphan
	Siegfried Utecht	...	'Kapitan', leader of the boys
	Harry Hindemith	...	Paul Iller
	Hedda Sarnow	...	Grete Iller
	Hans Leibelt	...	Herr Eckmann, artist
	Paul Bildt	...	Mr. Birke
	Fritz Rasp	...	Waldemar Hunke, thief
	Walter Bluhm	...	Uncle Kalle
	Lotte Loebinger	...	Frau Steidel
	Gerhard Haselbach	...	Hansotto
	Magdalene von Nußbaum	...	Frau Schelp, Willi's guardian
	Lili Schoenborn-Anspach	...	Frau Timmel (as Lilli Schönborn)
	Gaston Briese	...	Herr Timmel
	Karl Hannemann	...	Kriminalbeamter

Storyline

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... Gerhard Lamprecht built his reputation during the 1920s and '30s with films like Emil and the Detectives (1931, script Billy Wilder) and socially-critical Berlin films based on the drawings of Heinrich Zille. In Somewhere in Berlin-his first postwar film, made just months after the cessation of hostilities-he portrays the people of the shattered city with precision and psychological realism. Written by DEFA Film Library  

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