Underplayed Gems

The Outsider (1975)

The Outsider poster
Original title
Berlinger
Directed by
Bernhard Sinkel, Alf Brustellin
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
3.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two men with opposing personalities navigate friendship and rivalry across different time periods in 20th century Germany. The story follows their lives through the Nazi era and the post-war years, showing how they respond to pressure and make choices about resistance and conformity.

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What happens

Berlinger ist ein deutscher Spielfilm aus dem Jahre 1975 mit Martin Benrath in der Haupt- und Titelrolle und Peter Ehrlich als sein Widersacher Roeder. Erzählt wird, anhand der beiden grundverschiedenen Charaktere Lukas Berlinger und Johannes Roeder, auf mehreren Zeitebenen und nicht chronologisch die Geschichte einer Freundschaft, die in tiefer Gegnerschaft endet. Der Film ist konzipiert als ein Lehrstück über Widerstand und Anpassung, über Individualität und Karrierismus, als Parabel von möglichen Verhaltensweisen und Lebenswegen im unruhigen Deutschland des 20. Jahrhunderts: in der Diktatur des Dritten Reichs und in der Nachkriegszeit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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