Somewhere in Berlin (1946)
- 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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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A Berlin Romance (1956)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.