
The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.
Cast

Hilmar Thate
Gustav Völpel

Katharina Thalbach
Lisa Gabler
Ulrich Wesselmann
Gladow

Ilse Pagé
Frau Gerti Völpel

Karin Baal
Frau Lucie Gladow
Peter Brombacher
Schäfer

Klaus Pohl
Gabler

Hanns Zischler
Ridzinski
Horst Laube
Herr Gladow

Jürgen Flimm
Westkommissar

Kurt Raab
Chauffeur
Michael Danisch
Unknown
Karl-Heinz Grewe
Unknown
Urs Hefti
Unknown
Hermann Killmeyer
Unknown

Werner Lustig
Unknown
Jo Bolling
Unknown
Frank Schendler
Unknown
Horst Schultheis
Unknown

Anna Thalbach
Unknown
Peter Mühlenhaupt
Unknown
Gerhard Giesecke
Unknown
Norbert Schwarz
Unknown
Rudolf Unger
Unknown
Crew

Thomas Brasch
Director, Screenplay
Tanja Schmidbauer
Editor
Stefan Arnsten
Editor

Walter Lassally
Director of Photography
Heinz Angermeyer
Producer
Joachim von Vietinghoff
Producer
Ingrid Zoré
Costume Design
Ursula Drews
Makeup Artist
Christian Kunert
Original Music Composer
Bernd Lepel
Set Decoration

Nikos Perakis
Art Direction



















