…and the Sky Above Us

A very good Hans Albers movie, filmed in 1947 in the American occupation zone. The Albers’ character (probably as the actor himself) is not “Der Sieger” anymore (referring to a Albers movie of more than 10 years ago, it means “the victor” & reflects most of Albers’ roles) but a de-moralized man who sacrifices his dignity to make ends meet in a devastated Berlin in ruins & hunger.This was not intended as a “tear jerker” back in its day but for me as a German of the baby boomer years (in Germany the vintages 1960 – ’65) it makes me shed a tear here & there about the state that my hometown of Berlin (& the rest of the country) was in in those years & how bleak the outlook of people was in the twilight zone between the war’s end & the founding of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland in 1949.I am pretty sure, that there is no english version available but if you have at least some basic knowledge about the german language watch it, highly recommended.