Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 100 min.) |
Summary |
The petit bourgeouis Weber family lives in sectored Berlin after the Second World War and struggles to make ends meet. Karl Weber, an unemployed cashier, observes from a distance how his son Ernst and daughter Inge participate in the construction of a new socialist society. However, he cannot understand their vision and instead confides in his other son Harry, who is trying to obtain quick money through illicit business. These two different life paths threaten to tear the family apart. But after Karl gets caught in one of Harry's schemes and sees the remarkable progress made by Ernst's factory, he realizes whose ideas can actually help the family build a new future. With this film, director Slatan Dudow continued the traditions of proletarian German film from the Weimar Republic. Film score: Hanns Eisler |
Analysis |
Film Studies |
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Foreign Language Film |
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German Studies |
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Movies |
Credits |
Cinematography, Robert Baberske ; original music, Hanns Eisler ; film editing, Margarete Steinborn |
Cast |
Cast : Alfred Balthoff (Bergstetter), Paul Bildt (Herr Webers), Ina Halley (Kate), Harry Hindemith (Ernst Webers), Inge Landgut (Inge Webers), Paul Edwin Roth (Harry Webers), Viktoria von Ballasko (Frau Webers) |
Event |
Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1949 |
Notes |
In German with English subtitles |
Subject |
Working class families -- Germany -- Drama
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Feature films -- Germany (East)
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Working class families.
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Feature films.
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Economic history.
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SUBJECT |
Germany -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1990 -- Drama
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Germany (East)
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Germany.
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Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Dudow, Slatan, film director, screenwriter.
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Baberske, Robert, cinematographer.
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Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962, composer (expression)
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Beyer, Hans-Joachim, screenwriter.
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Turek, Ludwig, 1898-1975, screenwriter.
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Steinborn, Margarete, film editor
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Balthoff, Alfred, 1905-1989, actor.
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Bildt, Paul, 1885-1957, actor.
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Ballasko, Viktoria von, 1909-1976, actor.
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Hindemith, Harry, actor.
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Landgut, Inge, actor.
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DEFA, production company.
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Icestorm International, Inc.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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