The Berliner
1948 · 89 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 249 VOTES · DIR. Robert A. Stemmle
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 862 lines
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00:00:16 BERLINER BALLADE
00:03:44 "Yet another homecoming film!"
00:08:22 - You know what you are? - Yes! I'm the occupant!
00:11:25 the second, the third.
00:14:04 If you are registered in Berlin, go back to Berlin.
00:16:39 - There are no borders for me. - Darling!
00:21:56 And the most important:
00:24:39 But that was the problem. No-one could get his worries off.
00:29:23 another one waits for a better world
00:32:12 That's wonderful!
00:36:49 Help!
00:39:41 The power is there, just the state isn't yet.
00:42:05 I've had it for 42 years.
00:44:39 Federalism and capitalism are shit. Where there's capital, it has to go.
00:47:20 80 people froze to death!
00:50:17 Yes. Did you think you would get a two-year warranty as well?
00:52:27 Well?
00:55:49 Thanks, miss.
00:59:57 This is the third guy she's dancing with tonight! That's not what I paid 15 Mark for!
01:04:00 The bell has been ringing, Otto. Go home!
01:09:20 Berlin was dominated by the so-called monetary reform; the first of seven.
01:15:11 If it only was a few days...
01:17:40 You're underestimating our bomber jets, Sir.
01:21:30 Now hurry, or you'll be late for your own funeral.