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Somewhere in Berlin (1946)

Somewhere in Berlin poster
Original title
Irgendwo in Berlin
Directed by
Gerhard Lamprecht
Genre
children's film
Country
German Democratic Republic, Germany
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In the ruins of Berlin after World War Two, children and adults try to rebuild their lives. The film follows a group of boys as they navigate the rubble and shortages, searching for purpose and connection in a shattered city.

post-warhopefulgrittyslowreflectivechild-focusedreconstructiveearnest

What happens

Somewhere in Berlin (German: Irgendwo in Berlin) is a film produced in the Soviet occupation zone of Allied-occupied Germany, the area that later became East Germany. It was released in 1946, and was the third DEFA film. It sold 4,179,651 tickets. It was part of the group of rubble films made in the aftermath of the Second World War. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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