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About
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.
Director
Producers
Studio
Comedia-Film
Original Title
Berliner Ballade
Original Language
German
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →G
Gert Fröbe
Otto Normalverbraucher
T
Tatjana Sais
Ida Holle
A
Aribert Wäscher
Anton Zeithammer
O
O.E. Hasse
Der Reaktionär
H
Hans Deppe
Emil Lemke
E
Erik Ode
Stimme
K
Karl Schönböck
Rundfunkreporter
H
Herbert Hübner
Herr Bollmann
A
Alfred Schieske
Herr Schneidewind
R
Rita Paul
Sängerin
B
Brigitte Mira
Dirne
G
Georgia Lind
Dirne
C
Clemens Hasse
Pfarrer
H
Herbert Weißbach
K
Kurt Weitkamp
F
Franz-Otto Krüger
E
Erwin Biegel
M
Marianne Prenzel
O
Otto Matthies
W
Walter Strasen
