Long before he played the corpulent Goldfinger, German actor Gert Froebe was a scarecrow-skinny comedian. In Berliner Ballade, Froebe makes his screen debut as Otto, a feckless Everyman who 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 R. A. Stemmle doesn't have to strive for pathos: he merely places his gangly star amidst the ruins of a bombed-out Berlin, and the point is made for him. Filmed in 1948, Berliner Ballade was later released in the U.S. as The Berliner.
Bigger Stronger Faster*
Documentary
6.8
Familie Brasch
Documentary
6.2
Pixels
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
5.7
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
Horror, Thriller
6.0
Lava
Animation, Family
7.3
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Horror, Thriller
6.2
We Are Your Friends
Drama, Music, Romance, Comedy
6.8
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Comedy
6.7
Guardians of the Galaxy
Action, Science Fiction, Adventure
7.9
Vampire Academy
Comedy, Action, Fantasy
6.3
Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
6.7
Bring It On: All or Nothing
Comedy
6.7
Insurgent
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
6.4
Jurassic World
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
6.7
Prom Night
Horror, Drama, Mystery
5.0
Grown Ups 2
Comedy
6.1
Inside Out
Animation, Family, Adventure, Drama, Comedy
7.9
Do You See Me?
Comedy
6.4
Ride Along 2
Action, Comedy
6.3
Tapavica
Documentary, History
10.0
David
Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
6.6
When We Were Kings
Documentary, TV Movie, History, Music
7.7
The Moonhunter
Drama, History
6.2
The Tunnel
Drama, Thriller
7.1
Der Tunnel
Drama
0.0
The French Revolution
Drama, War, History, Thriller
7.5
Cabaret Crusades: The Secrets of Karbala
Animation, History
0.0
A Woman Alone
Romance, Drama
5.7
Berlin am Meer
Romance, Drama
7.4
La Caravana de Gardel
Drama
0.0
Red Snow
Drama, History
0.0
Selma, Lord, Selma
Drama, TV Movie
7.1
Trianon
History, Music
0.0
Eastern Cross
Drama, TV Movie
6.3
Talks with TGM
Drama, History
6.1
First Flight
History, War
6.2
Heroes Like Us
Drama, Comedy, Romance
5.5
Tim Vine Travels Through Time Christmas Special
Comedy, History, Science Fiction, Music
6.0
Das Geständnis
Crime, Drama
0.0