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Somewhere in Berlin (1946) Gerhard Lamprecht; Charles Brauer, Hans Trinkaus
Somewhere in Berlin (1946) Gerhard Lamprecht; Charles Brauer, Hans Trinkaus
 
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In German with English subtitles.

The original German title of this film is "Irgendwo in Berlin." 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.

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5 of 5 SOMEWHERE IN BERLIN September 1, 2015
Reviewer: Kenneth Orme from Ligonier, PA United States  
SOMEWHERE IN BERLIN was shot in the ruins of vanquished Nazi Germany. Director Gerhard Lamprecht makes potent use of a group of juveniles morally adrift in a world where survival trumps adherence to a moral code. Protagonist Gustav, about ten years old, is part of an unsupervised gang whose sole preoccupation is further destruction of its home city. Persuasively acted by juveniles and adults, with a brilliantly executed initial chase sequence.

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